Advanced Themes in Communication Sciences - 1st semester

Code

73201101

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Ciências da Comunicação

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Francisco Rui Cádima

Weekly hours

2

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Prerequisites

None

Subject matter

Bibliography

- John R. Searle: The Construction of Social Reality, New York: The Penguin Books, 1995/ Consciousness and Reality, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003)
- H. P. Grice: “Logic and Conversation” in The Philosophy of Language, ed. A.P Martinich, 3ª ed., Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996, pp. 156- 167)
- L. Wittgenstein: Investigações Filosóficas, Lisboa: Fundação Gulbenkian, 1995)
- L. Wittgenstein: Culture and Value, trad. inglesa do original Vermischte Bemerkungen, Chicago: The Chicago UP, 1980/ “Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough” in L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951, ed. J. Klagge and A. Nordmann, Indianopolis& Cambridge: Hackett, 1993, pp. 118-154
- Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice, Allen Labe, Penguin Books

Teaching method

The seminar classes will consist in a theoretical approach by the teacher and the presentation of at least a working paper by the student. Selected themes will always include a direct relation with the program issues and are based on relevant texts of fundamental authors, which will be previously distributed among all the participants.

Evaluation method

Evaluation include the level and quality of participation and the quality of the presented working papers.

Courses

• Communication Sciences