Philosophy and Culture in Portugal
Code
711031020
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
João Luís Lisboa
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire basic knowledge on the movement of ideas in Portugal, in an European context;
b) To acquire the capacity of questioning concepts as modernity, Lights, Tradition, authority, nature, reason;
c) To acquire a deeper knowledge of the Portuguese Illustration in the 18th Century.
d) To evaluate the sense of the debate that occurred during the reception of Cartesianism and empiricism at that time;
e) To characterise the thought of a group of relevant authors in that given context.
Prerequisites
Non existent.
Subject matter
0. Portugal and Europe diachronical perspectives of modernity;
1. Illustration, Enlightenment, Lumières and Aufklärung: similitude and differences.
2. Portuguese Illustration problems and characteristics.
3. Five authors: Luís António Verney, António Ribeiro Sanches; Teodoro de Almeida, José Anastácio da Cunha, Tomás António Gonzaga.
Bibliography
ARAÚJO, Ana Cristina, A cultura das Luzes em Portugal. Temas e problemas, Lisboa, Horizonte, 2003.
CALAFATE, Pedro, História do Pensamento Filosófico Português, III As Luzes, Lisboa, Caminho, 2001.
DIAS, J.S. da Silva, Pombalismo e teoria política, Lisboa, Centro de História da Cultura da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1982.
DOMINGUES, Francisco Contente, Ilustração e catolicismo. Teodoro de Almeida, Lisboa, Colibri, 1994.
MACHADO, Educação e cidadania na Ilustração Portuguesa. Ribeiro Sanches, Porto Campo das Letras, 2001.
Teaching method
Dialogued lecture. Analysis of documents. Reading and interpretation of texts.
Evaluation method
Participation at the proposed activities.
1 essay with 5 to 10 pages
1 commentary of text