Modern and Contemporary Philosophy II

Code:

FLUP0865

Acronym:

FC2

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
FIL	53	Official Study Plan - LFIL	4	2,5	5	-

Objectives

A philosophical understanding of the history of contemporary philosophy in relation to the universes of classic and modern discourse. "Discriminating" interpretation and identification of specific contemporary aspects.

Program

1.Kierkegaard versus Hegel: from the “failure” of dialectics to the “dialectics of failure”.

2. Nietzsche versus Hegel: the power of the Will against the impotence of the Idea.

3. Other critiques of Hegel: central themes and problems and their implications in present-day philosophy:
Positive critique of Schelling
3.1 Voluntarist critique of Schopenhauer (in close connection with Nietzsche)
3.2 Materialist critique of Feuerbach
3.3 Historicist critique of Dilthey
3.4 Positivist critique of Comte

4. Phenomenology and radical experience of meaning. A new phenomenological ontology: Husserl's phenomenology.

5. Merleau-Ponty and the genesis of a new transcendental thought. From the phenomenology of Perception to the ontology of the Visible and Invisible.

6. Other trends of ontological-existencial orientation: their central nuclei and evolution in hermeneutic terms. Paradigmatic exponents.

7. Practical philosophy and ethics as foundational thinking. Lévinas and the ‘thought’ of alterity. Hannah Arendt and the rehabilitation of the praxis and the political.

8. Prospective synthesis of trends in recent philosophy rooted in the themes analyzed during the course. Critical reflection on the issue of modernism/post-modernism. Main representatives.

Main Bibliography

ABBAGNANO, N., Storia della Filosofia, tomo IV, Turim, Ed. Toriense, 1966; Trad. Portuguesa, Lisboa, Presença, 1983 (vol. 9, 55)
APEL, K. O., Towards a Transformation of Philosophy, Londres, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980
BELAVAL, Y. (Dir.), Histoire de la Philosophie, tomo III, “Encyclopédie de la Pleiade”, Paris, Gallimard, 1974
CHATELET, F., Histoire de la Philosophie. Idées, doctrines, tomo III-IV, Paris, Hachette, 1973
COPLESTON, F., Historia de la Filosofia, vol. VII, VIII, IX, Barcelona, Ed. Ariel, 1978-1985
HEIMSOETH, H., A Filosofia no século XX, Coimbra, Armenio Amado, 1982
MATHIEU, v., Temas y Problemas de la Filosofia Actual, Madrid, Rialp, 1980
URDANOZ, T., Historia de la Filosofia, tomos IV, V, VI, Madrid, BAC, 1978
VANNI ROVIGHI, S., Storia della filosofia contemporânea, Brescia, La Scuola, 1980
GRANDE ANTOLOGIA FILOSÓFICA, Milão, Marzorati, 1975 (essays and extended bibliography on essential philosophical themes up to the contemporary era as well as an index of texts are included).


For additional reading on the History of Contemporary Philosophy see:

BAUSOLA, A. (Dir.), Questioni di storiografia filosofica: I-II pensiero contemporaneo, 3 vol., Brescia, La Scuola, 1978
Encyclopédie philosophique universelle, Dir. A. Jacob, PUF, Paris, 1998 (4 vols)
Observation: Specific bibliography for each subject-matter will be recommended to students in the beginning of the lective year.

Complementary Bibliography

To be indicated in the course of the semester, when necessary.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures; critical reading of texts. Students will be expected to present individidual summaries of previous lessons.

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

Average of the final exams

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students may present small research works in the field of modern and contemporary philosophy.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.