Questions regarding Ontology
Code
722031054
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Mário Jorge Carvalho
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquire a strong ability to understand the meaning and specificity of ontology as the sought after science (zêtoumenê epistêmê) and its articulation with the other branches of philosophy and science;
b) Acquire a strong ability to understand the various approaches that have been taken in trying to provide an answer to ontological questions and to reach the zêtoumenê episteme;
c) Acquire a detailed knowledge of a wide range of ontological concepts;
d) Acquire a strong ability to understand, compare and use these concepts critically and independently, and to interpret and discuss problems and doctrinal views in the field of Ontology;
e) Acquire detailed knowledge of the fundamental texts in the field of Ontology, with a mastering of past interpretations, of the current state of research and of all the relevant bibliography;
f) Acquire the ability to carry out independent research in this area.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Diltheys Beiträge a turning point?
Are Diltheys Beiträge really a turning point in the question of reality? If so, in what ways and for what reasons? What is the terminus a quo of the turn in question? And what does this turn lead to what new perspectives does it open up?
Furthermore, is the new way of thinking introduced by Dilthey something really unprecedented? Or were there forerunners to his views notably Plato, the Stoics, Fichte, Bouterwek, Maine de Biran? And are these forerunners just that: forerunners or is it rather that the forerunners go far beyond Dilthey, and indeed so much so that they mark or foreshadow the real turning point?
Last but not least, what kind of impact did this turning point (the turning point Dilthey or, for that matter, his forerunners stand for) have in later philosophical thought? Are their views just a thing of the past or is this one of those cases in which what seems to lie behind us turns out to be what lies ahead of us?
Bibliography
DILTHEY, W., Gesammelte Schriften, Leipzig/Berlin, Teubner, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1922-, Selected Works, ed. R. A. Makkreel/ F. Rodi, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1985-, uvres, éd. Sylvie Mesure, Paris, Cerf, 2002-, Obras de Wilhelm Dilthey, Mexico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1944-, Contributi alla soluzione del problema dellorigine della nostra credenza nella realità del mondo esterno e del suo diritto, in: IDEM, Per la fondazione delle scienze dello spirito: scritti editi e inediti 1860-1896, Milano, F. Angeli, 1985;
FICHTE, J. G., Gesamtausgabe der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Frommann-Holzboog, 1962-2012;
BOUTERWEK, F., Idee einer Apodiktik. Ein Beytrag zur menschlichen Selbstverständigung und zur Entscheidung des Streites über Metaphysik, kritische Philosophie und Skepticismus, Halle, Renger, 1799, reed. Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1968, Hildesheim, Olms, 2006;
MAINE de BIRAN, uvres, ed. P. Azouvi et al., Paris, Vrin, 1998-
Teaching method
Seminar-oriented classes. Reading, interpretation and commentary of a philosophical text. Analysis and discussion of interpretative issues, and related philosophical questions, concepts and problems.
Evaluation method
Presentation of a research paper (15-20 pages) on a topic individually agreed upon with the Lecturer and discussion of the paper presented (3/4). Class participation (participation in the discussion) (1/4)