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Seminar on Ethics and Phenomenology I

Seminar on Ethics and Phenomenology I

Code	13031
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	15
Workload	OT(5H)/S(40H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Entry requirements	There are none.
Mode of delivery	face-to-face.
Work placements	none.
Learning outcomes	At the end of this Seminar, students should be able to: 1. To discuss, explain and justify the genesis of the problems, notions and fundamental implications of Phenomenology in their specific historical and thematic contexts in the light of consecrated texts and fundamental authors; 2. To deepen and cross thematic and plural perspectives regarding phenomenological reflection and its in fieri project with a view to the structured and thought-out possibility of transition to a practical philosophy; 3. Write a paper where a global understanding of problems and the ability to apply that knowledge in making methodological and theoretical decisions within a specific topic is demonstrated.
Syllabus	Module I (Teacher: Urbano Sidoncha) «Phenomenology in its self-understanding as Transcendental Philosophy: the Husserlian stage» 1. The idea of Phenomenology: from descriptive psychology to Transcendental Philosophy; 2. Background to Transcendental Philosophy: the Cartesian heritage of phenomenology and its Kantian moment; 3. Revisiting some central topics in Phenomenology; 4. On the scope of Phenomenology. Module II (Teacher: António Amaral) 1. On the way to the Gulag; 2. Welcome to Samarkand; 3. Postpone catastrophe? From the phenomenology of life's work to the lived phenomenality of work.
Main Bibliography	Basic bibliography: HUSSERL, E., (1907 \| 2008). A Ideia de Fenomenologia, Lisboa, Edições 70. HUSSERL, E., (1962 \| 2006). Europa: Crise e Renovação, Lisboa, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa. HENRY, M., (1990). Du communisme au capitalisme. Théorie d’une catastrophe. Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob Secondary bibliography: MERLEAU-PONTY M., (1952). "Les Sciences de l’Homme et la Phénoménologie" in Parcours deux 1951-1961, Lagrasse: Éditions Verdier, 2000: 49-128. SIDONCHA U., (2011). Do Empírico ao Transcendental – A Consciência e o Problema Mente/Corpo entre o Materialismo Reducionista e a Fenomenologia de Husserl, Lisboa, FCG/FCT. HENRY, M., (2000). Incarnation. Une philosophie de la chair, Paris: Éditions du Seuil
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.