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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 (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 of Transcendental Philosophy: the Cartesian heritage of phenomenology and its “Kantian moment”; 3. Revisiting some central topics of Phenomenology: a) The emergence of a new concept of subjectivity (transcendental constituent); b) Phenomenological intentionality; c) The phenomenological dimension of the modes of donation in the concept of “constitution”; d) The phenomenological reduction.
Main Bibliography	• Quental, A. (1989). “Tendências Gerais da Filosofia na Segunda Metade do Século XIX”, in Filosofia, Lisboa: Editorial Comunicação. • 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. • 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. • Jonas, H. (1984). “The Imperative of Responsibility”. In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. • Jonas, H. (1966). The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology. New York: Harper & Row. • Jonas, H. (1994). Ética, medicina e técnica. Lisboa: Vega. • Jonas, H. (1996). Mortality and Morality: A Search for the Good After Auschwitz. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.