QUESTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE - 2nd semester
Code
722031046
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Luís Manuel Bernardo
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
- To enhance the understanding of the philosophy of knowledges problems;
- To get information concerning the main guidelines of some of the contemporary epistemological theories;
- To compare recent problematics with traditional topics related to the field;
- To conceive a consistent answer to the philosophical question concerning the nature and the possibility of knowledge.
Prerequisites
none
Subject matter
The search for objectivity in Human Sciences between thruth and method
- The conditions of scientificity: science and pseudoscience
- The role of method in scientific knowledge
- The issue of objective knowledge in Human Sciences
- The problem of foundation
- The hermeneutical solution: knowledge as interpretation
Bibliography
Bernstein, R. (1983). Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics and Praxis. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Cassirer, E. (1991). Logique des sciences de la culture. Paris : Cerf.
Descartes, R. (2010). Oeuvres philosophiques. Paris: Classiques Garnier.
Diderot, D. (2012). Pensamentos sobre a Interpretação da Natureza. Lisboa: Vega.
Dilthey, W. (2010). A Construção do Mundo Histórico nas Ciências Humanas. São Paulo: UNESP.
Dosse, F. (1997). LEmpire du sens. Paris: La Découverte.
Feyerabend, P. (2010). Against Method. Londres: Verso.
Foucault, M. (2014). As Palavras e as Coisas. Lisboa: Ed. 70.
Gadamer, H.-G. (1992). Verdad y Método. Salamanca: Sígueme.
Habermas, J. (2010). Obras Escolhidas. Lisboa: Ed. 70.
Hallyn, F. (2004). Les structures rhétoriques de la science. Paris: Seuil.
Kant, I. (1989). Crítica da Razão Pura. Lisboa : Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Kuhn, T. (2009). A Estrutura das Revoluções Científicas. Lisboa: Guerra e Paz.
Popper, K. (2009). O Mito do Contexto. Lisboa: Ed. 70.
Ricoeur, P. (1986). Du texte à laction. Paris: Seuil.
Rorty, R. (1991). Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Thouard, D. (2011). Herméneutique contemporaine. Paris: Vrin.
Vico, G. (2005). Ciência Nova. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Weil, E. (2012). Lógica da Filosofia. São Paulo: É Realizações Editora.
Teaching method
Exposition; textual analysis; discussion.
Evaluation method
Participation in the activities of the seminar (20%); oral presentation of a text (20%); final paper with 5 to10 pages (40%).