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Contemporary Thought

Contemporary Thought

Code	10969
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Entry requirements	There are none.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face-
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	To characterize the concept of "presence" as a symptom and perennial mark of the contemporary record; . To make known some of the most influential theoretical perspectives in the logical space of Contemporary Thought; . Identify and recognize the cultural challenges of contemporary thought (18th-19th century); . To situate the diversity of thinkers, schools and currents in their multiple historical-cultural contexts; . Accentuate its current cultural relevance; . To enable students to (i) identify and research bibliographically topics of contemporary thought; (ii) prepare reading sheets for texts; iii) prepare written work around a program topic.
Syllabus	The phenomenology 'qua' transcendental philosophy in the process of reconfiguration of the thought of the XX century 1. From an "idea of philosophy": the possibility of syncretism as philosophical project; the relation between science and philosophy and the affirmation of freedom against the model of mechanistic determinism; the «vexata quaestio» of the transcendental philosophy according to Antero de Quental; 2. Edmund Husserl's phenomenology on the horizon of transcendental philosophy. Natural attitude Vs. Philosophical attitude. The sense of the task of phenomenology as theory of knowledge: the problem of transcendence as the central theme of phenomenology
Main Bibliography	QUENTAL, Antero de, “Tendências Gerais da Filosofia na segunda metade do século XIX”, in Filosofia, organização, introdução e notas de Joel Serrão, Ponta Delgada/Lisboa, Universidade dos Açores, Editorial Comunicação, 1989. HUSSERL, Edmund, Die Idee der Phänomenologie – Fünf Vorlesungen: A Ideia de Fenomenologia – Cinco Lições, Lisboa, Edições 70.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.