Seminar: Practical Reason and Theoretical Reason

Code:

FLUP0871

Acronym:

SRPRT

Instance: 2004/2005 - A

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	13	Official Study Plan - LFIL	4	5	10	-

Objectives

To integrate knowledge acquired through-out the undergraduate course. To prepare students for research and discussion of research findings. To deepen philosophical knowledge in the field of Practical Reason and Theoretical Reason.

Program

Practical Reason and Theoretical Reason [Maria José Cantista]
1. The “philosophy of conscience” in modern supremacy of theoretical reason.
2. Contemporary critique of this rationality and resulting implementation of practical rationality.

Issues in Contemporary Humanism [Luís de Araújo]
1.Christian Humanism (Emmanuel Mounier)
2.Marxist Humanism (Herbert Marcuse)
3.Existentialist Humanism (Jean-Paul Sartre)
4.New Humanism (Edgar Morin)

The Preliminary Concept of the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences [José Jorge Mendonça]
Reading and analysis of §§ 19 to 83. What is in question is a speculative reading of the historical positions of thought in relation to objectivity: naïve realism, empiricism, critical philosophy and immediate knowledge. Such a reading by Hegel from a speculative perspective on reason, expresses the descending unity of practical reason and theoretical reason and its main aim is to exercise a radical questioning based on the “experience of thinking” provided by Hegel’s text.

Main Bibliography

Practical Reason and Theoretical Reason
MERLEAU-PONTY, M., O primado da percepção e suas consequências filosóficas, Papirus Editora, Campinas, Brasil, 1990
LÉVINAS, E., Ética e infinito, ed. 70, Lisboa, 1988
ARENDT, H., Condition de l’homme moderne, Calmann – Lévy, Paris, 1987

Issues in Contemporary Humanism
Will be announced in the beginning of the academic year.

The Preliminary Concept of the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences.
HEGEL, Concept préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie des Sciences Philosophiques en abrégé, Traduction, introduction, notes et commentaire par Bernard Bourgeois. Paris, Vrin, 1994.
HORSTMANN, R.–P., Les frontières de la raison. Paris, Vrin, 1998.
JACOBI, David Hume et la croyance, Idéalisme et réalisme. Paris, Vrin, 2000.
TAVOILLOT, Pierre-Henri, Le crépuscule des Lumières. Paris, Cerf, 1995.
TILLIETTE, Xavier, L’intuition intellectuelle de Kant à Hegel. Paris, Vrin, 1995.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical presentation of the philosophical topics and research supervision by lecturers. Student participation, presentation and discussion of research work.

Software

No specific software is required, although students should have some command of computer programmes (word processor and internet use)

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend at least 80% of the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment will take into account participation in the seminar sessions and the mark obtained in the final Report.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not foreseen, however each student may submit extra assignments which will be considered by the lecturers if student includes them in the seminar work.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

To be considered on a case-to-case basis.

Classification improvement

Classification Improvement
According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.