Comparative Philosophy

Code:

MFIL067

Acronym:

FCOMP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Philosophy

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	0	study plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

- Use comparative philosophy as a tool to understand thinking in different geo-political and cultural contexts.

- Understand the forms, limitations and potential of interphilosophical dialogue in the contexts studied.

- Explore forms of cross-pollination between different philosophies as an enrichment of the philosophy itself.

- Discuss the different perspectives in confrontation.

Students should also achieve a high level of critical thinking autonomy.

Learning outcomes and competences

In the articulation between the program and the objectives, the UC seeks to recognize the comparative methodologies in Philosophy and how they allow for a hermeneutics that are differentiated from philosophical traditions, making them come out of themselves and broadening the horizons of problematization. It is also intended to stimulate autonomous and grounded research, in order to understand what a conceptual approach is in speculative traditions that formalized issues that seem to be close to each other in different ways.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Non applicable.

Program

1. Fields of philosophy in comparative perspective


2. East and West and their respective branches.


3. Other traditions in search of philosophy: Africa and the wisdom tradition.


4. Incommensurability or overlapping traditions?


5. Are there perennial problems and universal problems in philosophy?


6. The language issue: world view and philosophy.


7. Literature and philosophy: cross dialogues between traditions and between languages.


8. . Portuguese-speaking African, Asian and Ibero-American thought and literature.

Mandatory literature

Archie J. Bahm; Comparative philosophy. ISBN: 0-911714-10-3
Celeste Natário; Portugal-Goa. ISBN: 978-989-54786-0-6
Celeste Natário; De Portugal a Macau. ISBN: 978-989-99764-5-0
Masolo, Dismas; «African Sage Philosophy», The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/african-sage/
AA.VV.; Errâncias de um imaginário: entre o Brasil, Cabo Verde e Portugal
Wong, David ; Comparative Philosophy: Chinese and Western, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comparphil-chiwes/

Teaching methods and learning activities

The UC is based on reading and commenting on texts from the literary tradition (philosophical, poetic and speculative) of Portuguese language in India, China, Africa and the Americas. This way of entering the comparison between philosophical traditions is accompanied by a discussion of the methodologies of this new field of philosophical studies. Distributed assessment without final exam, based on participation and discussion (20%) of an individual written essay (80%).

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Philosophy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	20,00
Elaboração de projeto	20,00
Estudo autónomo	20,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	20,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Trabalho escrito	21,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% de presença nas aulas.

Calculation formula of final grade

Active participation in sessions  (30%) + written assignment (70%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Non applicable.

Internship work/project

Non applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the official rules.

Classification improvement

According to the official rules.

Observations

teaching language: Portuguese.