Monograph Themes in History of Philosophy II

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

 

Teaching Methods

- Theoretical presentations by the teacher;

- Presentations by the students;

- Analysis and commentary of text;

- Discussion on texts and problems.

- Preparation of one or more written essays by students.

Learning Outcomes

a) Ability to use advanced concepts in the History of Philosophy;

b) Direct knowledge of some main texts of the History of Philosophy;

c) Ability of text interpretation;

d) Initiation into methods and practices of scientific research in the History of Philosophy.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Subjects and texts of the historical-philosophical tradition of the contemporary era will be selected each year, with special focus on the German Classical Philosophy and its aftermath, French Phenomenology and Structuralism. Authors to be studied in depth include J.G. Fichte, G.W.F. Hegel, F.W.J. Schelling, M. Merleau-Ponty, Th W. Adorno, M. Dufrenne, L. Althusser and G. Deleuze.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Th. W. Adorno, Dialética Negativa, trad. M. Casanova, Rio de Janeiro, 2009.

L. Althusser, Écrits philosophiques et politiques I, Paris, 1994.

G. Deleuze, Différence et répetition, Paris, 1968.

G. Deleuze - F. Guattari, Mille Plateaux, Paris, 1980.

M. Dufrenne, Phénoménologie de l'expérience esthétique, Paris, 2011.

J. G. Fichte, Fundamentos da Doutrina da Ciência Completa, trad. D. Ferrer, Lisboa, 1996.

G. W. F. Hegel, The Science of Logic, trad. G. Di Giovanni, Cambridge U. P., 2010.

M. Merleau-Ponty, Phénoménologie de la perception, Paris, 1945.

F. W. J. Schelling, Filosofia da Arte, trad. M. Suzuki, São Paulo, 2010.