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Issues in the History of Philosophy - 1st semester

Objectives

a) Detailed understanding of the importance of the history of Philosophy as an integral part of philosophical questions and as a source of problems and non one-sidedness in philosophical contemplation. b) Detailed knowledge of fundamental questions in the history of Philosophy, so as to combine an understanding of the questions involved, their systematic significance (and their importance for contemporary debate) with a wide mastery of any important historical links. c) Detailed knowledge of fundamental texts from the history of Philosophy, with a mastery of the interpretative tradition, the current state of research and all the relevant bibliography. d) Carrying out of research work, under supervision, on the history of Philosophy, demonstrating original explanations and complying with scientific quality standards. e) Acquisition of skills for carrying out independent research into the history of Philosophy.

General characterization

Code

722031059

Credits

10

Responsible teacher

Nuno da Rosa Ferro

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese with teacher supervision in FL

Prerequisites

None

Bibliography

1. On Melancholy BURTON, R. (2000). Anatomy of Melancholy (1628). New York: New York Review Books. DANDREY, P. (ed.) (2005). Anthologie de l´Humeur Noir. Paris: Le Promeneur (Gallimard). HERSANT, Y. (ed.), (2005), Mélancolies. Paris: Laffont. KLIBANSKY, R., SAXL, F., PANOFSKY, E. (1964). Saturn and Melancholy, London: Nelson. PIGEAUD, J. (ed.). (2006). Aristote. L´Homme de Génie et la Mélancolie. Paris: Payot & Rivage. PIGEAUD, J. (2008). Melancholia. Paris: Payot. RADDEN, J. (ed.). (2000). The Nature of Melancholy. From Aristotle to Kristeva, Oxford: OUP 2. On Boredom GOODSTEIN, E. Boredom and Modernity, Standford, Standford U. Press, 2005 (fundamental) KUHN, R., The Demon of Noontide, Princeton, Princeron U. Press, 1976 KLERKS, W., Madame du Deffand. Essai sur l´ennui, Leiden, 1961 SPACKS, P., Boredom, Chicago, Uni. os Chicago Press, 1995 GARAVENTA, La Noia, Roma, Bulzoni, 1997 PEZZE, B., SALZANI, C. (eds.), Essays on Boredom and Modernity, New York, Rodopi, 2009


2. On Boredom
GOODSTEIN, E. Boredom and Modernity, Standford, Standford U. Press, 2005 (fundamental)
KUHN, R., The Demon of Noontide, Princeton, Princeron U. Press, 1976
KLERKS, W., Madame du Deffand. Essai sur l´ennui, Leiden, 1961
SPACKS, P., Boredom, Chicago, Uni. os Chicago Press, 1995
GARAVENTA, La Noia, Roma, Bulzoni, 1997
PEZZE, B., SALZANI, C. (eds.), Essays on Boredom and Modernity, New York, Rodopi, 2009
GHISU, S., Storia dell´indiferenza, Nardò, Besa, s.dA

Teaching method

There will be a combination of presentation and theoretical expounding of questions, with students participating in the analysis of the questions posed.


Evaluation method

Evaluation: Written paper (70%); discussion of the paper with the professor (30%)


Subject matter

Melancholy – Boredom – Irony 1. Ontology and fundamental mood: Heidegger´s point of view in \\Sein und Zeit\\ and \\Die Grundbegriffe der Metaphysik. Welt - Endlichkeit -Einsamkeit\\. The relation of this problem with the Problemata XXX, I, of PseudoAristotle. \\Melancholy\\ as a genus. 2. The seminal text of the Introduction of Kierkegaard´s \\The Concept of Anxiety\\. Mood and concept; mood and ontology. 3. Melancholy as a principal fundamental mood. Study of melancholy since the corpus hippocraticum to the postmodern understanding. 4. Melancholy and boredom: differences and similarities. \\The worst of all\\ and the \\Livro do Desassossego\\. Forms of boredom. 5. Irony and mood – irony and freedom. Romanticism and irony (Schlegel and Solger). Hegel´s critique os romantic irony. Socratic Irony, romantic irony and post-modern irony. 6. Fundamental mood and the meaning of \\nothing\\.