THEMES OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
Code
711031074
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Paulo Melo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Comprehensive identification of fundamental issues in contemporary philosophical thought
b) To contextualize those issues diachronically and synchronically
c) To improve critical and analytical capabilities through the study of relevant contemporary philosophical texts
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
In a reading of Sartre´s essay on ontology «L´ être et le néant», the following topics will be discussed:
* the phenomenological concept of nothingness (the origin of negation),
* presence to self, the cogito (immediate structures of the for-itself),
* the circuit of selfness (immediate structures of the for-itself),
* being-for-others (the existence of others),
* language (concrete relations with others),
* being-with (Mitsein) and the we (concrete relations with others).
Some of these themes will be analyzed in opposition to Heidegger´s ontology in «Sein und Zeit».
Bibliography
* Heidegger, Martin, «Sein und Zeit», Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 2001
[Traduções: inglês (John Macquarrie e Edward Robinson; Blackwell); francês (Rudolf Boehm e Alphonse de Waelhens; Gallimard); português (Márcia Schuback; Editora Vozes); castelhano (José Gaos; Fondo de Cultura Económica)]
* Heidegger, Martin, «Vom Wesen der Wahrheit», Vittorio Klostermann Frankfurt A. M., 1997
[Tradução: francês (Alphonse de Waelhens e Walter Biemel, em «Questions I», Gallimard)]
* Sartre, Jean-Paul, «LÊtre et le Néant», Éditions Gallimard, 1968
[Traduções: inglês (Hazel Barnes; Washington Square Press); português (Paulo Perdigão; Editora Vozes)]
* Sartre, Jean-Paul, «La Transcendance de lEgo», Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, Paris, 1966
[Traduções : inglês (Andrew Brown ; Routledge Classics) ; português (Pedro Alves ; Edições Colibri)]
* Sartre, Jean-Paul, « Vérité et Existence», nrf essais, Gallimard, 1989
[Tradução : inglês (Adrian Hoven ; The University of Chicago Press)]
Teaching method
Lectures; analysis and discussion of texts
Evaluation method
The student can choose among the following possibilities: a) one or two oral reports, with prior information concerning the topic [weighting factor: 20%, each] + a written test; or, b) a paper [weighting factor: 40%] + a written test; or, c) only a written test.