Philosophy in Portugal II

Code:

FLUP0867

Acronym:

FP2

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
FIL	39	Official Study Plan - LFIL	4	2,5	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Within a wider context of Portuguese history and culture, this subject aims at providing students with a broader view of the philosophical thought in Portugal from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Program

A. Introduction
1. Philosophical thought in Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries: Ethics, Philosophy and Religion.

B. Philosophy in Portugal during the 19th century
1. Silvestre Pinheiro Ferreira: onto-gnoseology and political theory.
2. Pedro Amorim Viana: Philosophy and Theology.
3. Introduction to the philosophical thought of Antero de Quental.
5. Positivism of Teófilo Braga.
6. The idea of God in Sampaio Bruno.

C. Philosophy in the 20th century
1. Leonardo Coimbra and Creationism: Critical Philosophy of knowledge.
2. Teixeira de Pascoaes: the poet-philosopher of ‘saudade’.
3. Ethics at the basis of the philosophical thought of Raul Proença.
4. José Marinho: an ethical-metaphysical thought.
5. The existential philosophy of Vergílio Ferreira.
6. Agostinho da Silva: a Philosophy of action.

Note: the authors mentioned above will obviously be broached in terms of a general approach to their thought.

Main Bibliography

19th and 20th Century:

MARINHO, José, Verdade, Condição e Destino no Pensamento Português Contemporâneo, Porto, 1976
Estudos sobre o Pensamento Português Contemporâneo
BRUNO, Sampaio, O Brasil Mental, 2ª Ed., Porto, 1997
— A Ideia de Deus, 3ª Ed. Porto, 1998
CALAFATE, Pedro (dir.), História do Pensamento Filosófico Português, 5 vols., ed. Caminho, Lisboa, 2001
COIMBRA, Leonardo, Obras, 2 vols., Lello & Irmão, Porto, 1983
CUNHA, Seixas, J. M., Princípios Gerais de Filosofia e outros textos filosóficos, Lisboa, 1955
FERREIRA, Silvestre Pinheiro, Prelecções Filosóficas, Lisboa, 1996
FERREIRA, Vergílio, Um escritor apresenta-se, organização de Maria da Glória Padrão, Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda
— Aparição, Bertrand, Lisboa, 1988
NATÁRIO, Maria Celeste, O Pensamento Filosófico de Raul Proença, tese de doutoramento (2 tomos), 2002
— O Pensamento Dialéctico de Leonardo Coimbra. Reflexão sobre o seu valor antropológico, 1997.
PASCOAES, Teixeira, Regresso ao Paraíso, Assírio e Alvim, Lisboa, 1990
PIMENTEL, Manuel Cândido, Odisseias do Espírito, Lisboa, 1996
QUENTAL, Antero, Filosofia, Ed. Univ. Açores, 1991
SARTRE, Jean Paul, O existencialismo é um humanismo, prefácio de Vergílio Ferrreira, ed. Presença
SERRÃO, Joel, Sampaio Bruno, o Homem e o Pensamento, 2ª Ed. Lisboa
SILVA, Agostinho da, Textos e Ensaios Filosóficos, vol. I e vol. II, Âncora Editora, Lisboa, 1999
— Reflexões, Guimarães editores, Lisboa, ……..
SOVERAL, Eduardo, Pensamento Luso-Brasileiro, Lisboa, 1996
TEIXEIRA, Braz, Deus, mal e a saudade, Fundação Lusíada, Lisboa, 1993
— Ética, Filosofia e Religião, Edição Pendor, Évora, 1995
VIANA, Pedro Amorim, Defesa do Racionalismo ou Análise da Fé, I.N.C.M., Lisboa, 1982.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical explanatory lectures and practical classes in which students are to apply the understandings they have acquired in theoretical classes.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	60,00
	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend at least 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Mark obtained in the final exam OR average sum of the marks obtained in the exam and in the submitted written assignments.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.