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Topics in Contemporary Philosophy

Topics in Contemporary Philosophy

Code	15588
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Entry requirements	.
Learning outcomes	Consolidated upstream the angular and synoptic view of the arch of philosophical contemporaneity, the purpose of this Unit is to provide students with access to a diverse and eclectic range of themes and central problems of contemporary philosophy, thought no longer in a longitudinal and continuous register, but rather in a synchronous and profound perspective.
Syllabus	1) Phenomenology facing the critical problem and the reconfiguration of the space of contemporary philosophy; 2) Under the sign of heterodoxy: the thesis of the effectiveness of evil and the notion of “reintegration into the Ancient Absolute”. The disbelieve of Enlightenment reason and the project of a cosmic morality; 3) Ecology and philosophy of the environment: the environmental crisis and the relevance of ecological movements in the horizon of contemporary environmental issues. The relationship between Man and Nature; 4) A contemporary look at Aesthetics: the secondary thought of beauty and the primacy of a radical reflection; 5) The problem of understanding of "real man": revisiting what is at stake in the famous mind/body problem.
Main Bibliography	.Edmund HUSSERL, Die Krisis der europäischen Wissenschaften und die transzendentale Phänomenologie, in Husserliana, Band VI, Den Haag, Martinus Nijhoff, 1962. . Sampaio BRUNO, A Ideia de Deus, Livraria Charldon de Lello & Irmão Editores, Porto, 2ª edição, 1987. . João J. VILA-CHÃ, “Ecologia e Filosofia: Questões em debate”. Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia (2003), Volume 59, Fasc. 3, Filosofia e Ecologia: Elementos para uma Ética Ambiental, pp. 643-649. . J. MARQUES DA SILVA (2004). Ecologia Profunda – da Ecofilosofia à Política Ambiental. In Éticas e Políticas Ambientais (M.J. Varandas & C. Beckert, coord.), pp. 211 - 226. Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa . Maurice MERLEAU-PONTY (1992). O Olho e o Espírito, Trad. de Luis Manuel Bernardo, Prefácio de Claude Lefort, Ed. Vega . Urbano SIDONCHA, "A Fenomenologia perante o problema da compreensão do Homem Verdadeiro. Iin ARBOR, (2009). vol. CLXXXV, nº 736, La vigencia de la fenomenologia Madrid, pp. 313–325.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.