Seminário de Especialidade em Ontologia e Filosofia da Natureza (not translated) - 2nd semester
Objectives
Acquire a high-level ability to:
a) Understand the meaning and specificity of these two areas as major components of philosophical tradition and major fields of current research;
b) Understand the position of O. and of Ph.of N. as sought after sciences (zêtoumenai epistêmai);
c) Understand the articulation between these two areas and the other branches of Philosophy;
d) Understand the articulation between these two areas and the various branches of Science;
e) Understand the various approaches that have been taken in these two areas;
f) Understand what happens if O. and Ph.of N. cannot claim to be Science proper the reasons for such failure, its meaning and its consequences;
g) Understand concepts and questions in these two areas;
h) Understand, compare and use these concepts and deal with these questions critically and independently;
i) Independently interpret and discuss doctrinal views and do high-level research in these two areas.
General characterization
Code
73203109
Credits
10
Responsible teacher
Mário Jorge Carvalho
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
n/a
Bibliography
Hegel, G. W. F. (1980). Phänomenologie des Geistes, ed. W. Bonsiepen et al., Gesammelte Werke, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akad. der Wiss., 9. Hamburg: Meiner
- (1970) Phänomenologie des Geistes, Werke, 3. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp
- (2011). Phänomenologie des Geistes, ed. H.-F.Wessels/H. Clairmont, Hamburg, Meiner
- (1966). Phenomenology of Mind, tr. J. B. Baillie. London: Allen & Unwin
- (1978). Phenomenology of Spirit, tr. A. Miller/J. N. Findlay. Oxford, O.U.P.
- (2002). Phénoménologie de l´esprit, trad. G. Jarczyk/P.-J. Labarrière. Paris: Gallimard,
- (1992). Phénoménologie de l´esprit, trad. J. Hyppolite. Paris: Aubier
- (2006) Phénoménologie de l´esprit, tr. B. Bourgeois. Paris: Vrin
- (2012) Phénoménologie de l´esprit, tr. J.-P.Lefebvre. Paris: Flammarion,
- (1973). Fenomenologia dello spirito, tr. E. De Negri. Firenze: La Nuova Italia
- (1997). Fenomenologia dello spirito, tr. V. Cicero. Milano:CDE
- (2009).Fenomenología del Espíritu,tr.M.Jiménez Redondo.Valencia:Pre-textos
Teaching method
This curricular unit has a theoretical-practical character.
Seminar-oriented classes.
Reading and interpretation of and commentary on the first three chapters of Hegels Phänomenologie des Geistes. Analysis and discussion both of interpretive issues and of related philosophical questions and concepts.
The teaching methodology combines: a) a thorough interpretation of Hegels text (of its different components, of their connection both with each other and with the rest of Hegels Phänomenologie and of the corpus hegelianum), b) a theoretical analysis of philosophical problems, and c) a discussion of alternative views, objections, counter-examples, etc.
Evaluation method
Individual appraisal. Each student will have to present a research paper (of about 20 pages) on a topic individually agreed upon with the Lecturer and then discuss this paper with the latter. This counts for 3/4 of final marks. Class participation (participation in the discussion) counts for 1/4 of final marks.
Subject matter
Using Hegel as a Touchstone
This seminar concentrates on Hegels Phänomenologie des Geistes, and in particular on the three chapters of his analysis of what he terms Bewusstein. These chapters pose a serious challenge to all major doctrinal and methodological approaches in the Ontology and Philosophy of Nature field. Our purpose is to discuss this challenge. What kind of threat does Hegels analysis of Bewusstsein (i. e., both the various steps in it and their final result) pose to other methodological and doctrinal approaches? And how far are the various methodological and doctrinal approaches in the field of Ontology/ Philosophy of Nature able to resist the undermining effect of Hegels dialectics? We have two main tasks: a) an in-depth analysis of Hegels text, b) a thorough discussion of whether other views prove themselves able to withstand the trial of the particular kind of concept instability (one might perhaps speak of a concept entropy) Hegels analysis is all about.