Medieval Philosophy

Year
0
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
01013343
Subject Area
Philosophy
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Vertical lessons (A), reading (B), interpretation and discussion of texts in a horizontal frame (C); written and oral presentation of analytical papers (D), and a written final synthesis (E ).

Learning Outcomes

To identify authors and specific themes of Medieval Philosophy; to understand the change of the horizon introduced in relation to Ancient Philosophy and explain the contribution of Medieval Philosophy for Modern Philosophy; to demonstrate the ability to read and interpret the texts of this period; to discuss these texts within the historical period; to have the ability to interrelate the four main items of the Program, Science, Man, World and God.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction: "does Philosophy speak Greek?"

2. Dialectics and Knowledge

2.1. The ontic-ontological difference

2.2. "Utrum sit scientia"

3. Questioning the World

3.1. The phenomenology of the world

3.2. The eternity of the world

4. Questioning the Man

4.1. "quaestio de anima"

4.2. "Persona", "individuum"

4.3. Necessity and Liberty

5. God as a question (Utrum Deus sit).

Head Lecturer(s)

Mário Avelino Santiago Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Other: 20.0%
Research work: 20.0%
Frequency: 40.0%

Bibliography

Santo Agostinho, Confissões. Trad. de A. do Espírito-Santo et al., Lisboa: INCM 2000.

João Duns Escoto. Tratado do Primeiro Princípio. Trad. de M.S. de Carvalho, Lisboa: Edições 70 1998.

Henrique de Gand. Sobre a Metafísica do Ser no Tempo. Trad. de M.S. de Carvalho, Lisboa: Edições 70, 1996.

Roberto Grosseteste. Tratado da luz e outros opúsculos sobre a cor e a luz. Tratado da luz, A cor, O movimento dos corpos e a luz. Trad. de M.S. de Carvalho e Mª da C. Camps, Porto: Edições Afrontamento, 2012.

Mário Santiago de Carvalho, Falsafa. Breve introdução à filosofia arábico-islâmica, Coimbra: Ariadne 2006.

Anthony Kenny, Filosofia Medieval. Trad. Lisboa: Gradiva 2010.

Luis Alberto De Boni, Filosofia Medieval. textos, Porto Alegre: Edipucrs 2005.

M.S. de Carvalho, A Síntese Frágil. Uma Introdução à Filosofia (da Patrística aos Conimbricenses), Lisboa: Ed. Colibri 2002.