Philosophical problematics: On the concept of metaphysics
Code
73203101
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
António de Castro Caeiro
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquire a thorough knowledge of nuclear issues from different disciplinary areas of philosophical inquiry;
b) To acquire the ability to analyze in depth nuclear related problems with mutual interference crossing between different disciplinary areas of philosophical inquiry;
c) To acquire in-depth knowledge of nuclear issues in different currents of history of philosophy and current philosophical research;
d) To acquire the ability to relate and confront thoroughly different currents of the history of philosophy and current philosophical research;
e) Acquire thorough knowledge of problems of nuclear in an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophical inquiry and other areas of research;
f) Acquire skills to identify, formalize and critically deepening the various types of problems determined by autonomous research initiatives, which meet the highest standards of accuracy;
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
The fundamental concepts of Metaphysics
a) \"Aporia\" in Aristotle
b) \"Problem\" in Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations).
c) \"Problematicidade\" (Fragwürdigkeit) in Heidegger
Bibliography
ARISTOTLE,
W.D. Ross, Aristotle´s metaphysics, 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924 (repr. 1970 [of 1953 corr. edn.])
HEIDEGGER,
Sein und Zeit, Frankfurt a. M., Vittorio Klostermann, 1986.
WITTGENSTEIN,
Philosophische Untersuchungen, Frankfurt a. M., Suhrkamp, 2001.
Teaching method
Text lectures, translation, annotation and commentary.
Evaluation method
Written paper and oral presentation.