Philosophical Anthropology

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.

Learning Outcomes

a) Oral and written skills in concepts of the Philosophical Anthropology;

b) Direct knowledge of some main texts of the Philosophical Anthropology ;

c) Skills of text interpretation;

d) Initiation into methods and practices of scientific research in Philosophical Anthropology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

a) Man and Nature: the humanization process;

b) Man as Cultural ans Symbolic animal;

c) Historical-Philsoophical Conceptions of Man;

d) Human and post-human.

Head Lecturer(s)

Diogo Falcão Ferrer

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

E. Cassirer, Ensaio sobre o Homem, trad. de Carlos Branco, Guimarães Ed., Lisboa, 1995.

M. Heidegger, Carta sobre o Humanismo, trad. P. Gomes e A. J. Brandão, Guimarães Ed., Lisboa, 2007.

R. Dawkins, O Gene Egoísta, trad. A. Oliveira e M. Abreu, Gradiva, Lisboa, 2010.

P. Lain Entralgo, O que é o Homem: Evolução e Sentido da Vida, trad. A. Borges, D. Serrão e J. André, Ed. Notícias, Lisboa, 2002.

J.-P. Changeux,  O que nos Faz Pensar? Um Neurocientista e um Filósofo Debatem Ética, Natureza Humana e o Cérebro, trad. I. Saint-Aubyn, Edições 70, Lisboa.

 M. Atlan e R.-P. Droit, Humain, Paris, 2012.