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Learning outcomes |
1. Prepare, in its fundamental lines, a thematic research project in philosophy and be able to present / defend it orally, spontaneously, with arguments philosophically based;
2. Be able to make explicit and critical judgments about complex historical-philosophical processes, e.g., the Western 'onto-theo-ego-logy', the 'occultation of Being by the beings', the critical relationship of Philosophy with Culture, and so forth;
3. Reveal domain of the essential bibliography, sources and studies, on the subject that is being researched, as well as of the bordering bibliography, and in particular, to be aware of the recent results in the area of his research (books and articles);
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1. Stimulate the enthusiasm for questioning, for 'looking from an angle', for self-knowledge;
2. Encourage skills of analysis, synthesis and criticism, as well as the capacity for initiative and self-thinking;
3. Encourage reasoned discussion and instill habits of autonomy.
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Syllabus |
1. On the meaning and importance of thinking about a 'thesis project'.
a. "Nostalgia(s) for the Absolute", George Steiner. Philosophy as an open-ended inquiry.
b. Projectum > the project. A move subject to time and contingency;
c. Subjectum > the 'subject'. The theme/subject and subjective appropriation;
d. Thesis > the thesis. The audacity of wanting to think and to raise a point of view.
2. Review of methodologies of philosophical analysis, aiming at its application to a thesis project.
3. Appreciation of Research Projects, phases, and tasks.
a. Theme, interrogation, title;
b. What is and how to elaborate the 'status quaestionis' of a subject;
c. Definition of the objectives of a project.
d. Strategies for developing and structuring the thesis;
e. Detailed plan and guiding schedule;
f. How to organize and use primary and secondary bibliography.
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Main Bibliography |
LUBAC Henri, O Drama do Humanismo Ateu [1944], Porto Editora, Porto, [1962]
STEINER George, Nostalgia do Absoluto [1974], Relógio d’Água, Lisboa, 2003
STEINER George, As Lições dos Mestres [2003], Gradiva, Lisboa, 2005
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COUTINHO Clara, Metodologia de investigação em ciências sociais e humanas: teoria
e prática, Almedina, Coimbra, 2015.
ECO Umberto, Como se faz uma tese em Ciências Humanas, trad. port.: A.F. Bastos &
L. Leitão, Editorial Presença, Lisboa, 1997.
HUSS Jacqueline, Les méthodes en philosophie, A. Colin, Paris, 1992 (trad., esp.: P. García
Lorca, Los Métodos en Filosofía, Editorial Síntesis, Madrid, s.d.; trad. port.: G. G. Avelino
Titton, Os métodos em filosofia, Editora Vozes, Petrópolis, 2010).
WEBER Max, Ciência como Vocação, trad. port. Artur Morão, LusoSofia: Press / UBI,
Covilhã, [2010].
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