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15553
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Philosophy
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Entry requirements |
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims to awaken students to the practice of philosophical questioning, equipping them with the tools necessary for radical problematization. At the end of this course, the student should be able to (i) make explicit the inquiring nature of philosophy; (ii) identify philosophical questions; (iii) discuss answers.
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Syllabus |
Syllabus topics:
- Philosophy as a moral practice
- Philosophy and its place in the context of knowledge
- The question of the meaning of the philosophical question
- What does it mean to tell the truth in a philosophical way?
- Astonishment, Questioning and the Desire to Know
- The question of man's ends in Late Antiquity: "There is no other reason for man to philosophize than to be happy."
- Philosophy and the meaning of the question: in search of a plural science
- Philosophy as a way of life infused by thought and transformed by it
- The (in)usefulness of philosophical knowledge
- Plato, Philosophy as the art of dying
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Main Bibliography |
Aristóteles. Metafísica (Livros I & II). Lisboa: Porto Editora.
Bento, A. “Coragem política e parrésia em Michel Foucault” in Espinosa e o Estado dos Hebreus. Ensaios de Filosofia Política, Editora Documenta, Lisboa, 2022, pp. 343-366.
Camus, A. (2020 [1942]). Le Mythe de Sisyphe. Internet Archive.
Hadot, P. (2014). “Exercícios espirituais” e “A filosofia como maneira de viver”. In Exercícios espirituais e filosofia antiga (19-67, 261-275). São Paulo: É Realizações.
Heidegger, M. (1957). “Qu’est-ce que la philosophie?” In Questions II. Paris: Gallimard.
Levi, P. (1976). É isto um homem? Rio de Janeiro: Editora Rocco.
Nozick, R. (1989). “What is wisdom and why do philosophers love it so?” in Examined Life, NY: Touchstone.
Plato (1975). Phaedo. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ponty, M. (1986). Elogio da Filosofia. Lisboa: Guimarães.
Serra, J. M. P. (2008). Filosofia e Ciência. Covilhã: UBI, Lusosofia.
Vialatoux, J. (1982). A intenção filosófica. Coimbra: Livraria Almedina.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Methodologically, the curricular unit is taught under a plural approach to the basic philosophical question - What is philosophy? -, to which end, each participating teacher introduces a previously informed perspective, with an indication of the pertinent bibliography. Each module presupposes the prior reading of the respective bibliographical reference, based on which a dynamic debate on the philosophical question is carried out.
The evaluation is composed of a written test of open answer to the question of the curricular unit followed by an oral defense in a class context, in the presence of a jury constituted from the teaching staff.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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