Controversies in Contemporary Philosophy
Objectives
a) to acquire a basic knowledge of the most important figures in ancient philosophical thought and of some of their texts.
b) to acquire a basic understanding of the specificity of ancient philosophy as a foundational moment in and the beginning of the philosophical tradition.
c) to acquire the ability to identify the most significant philosophical problems in ancient thought.
d) to acquire a basic knowledge of the main lines of development of ancient philosophy.
e) to acquire a basic ability to place concepts, methodological strategies and doctrinal positions in the historical context to which they belong.
f) to acquire a basic understanding of ancient philosophical terminology and its role in the genesis of philosophical terminology.
g) to acquire a basic ability to read and interpret some key texts of ancient philosophy.
h) to recognize the importance of the study of ancient philosophy for the understanding of current philosophical issues.
General characterization
Code
722031035
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
António Jorge de Castro Caeiro
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Bibliography
TEXTOS DE NIETZSCHE
http://www.nietzschesource.org/#eKGWB
http://www.thenietzschechannel.com/library/library.htm
TEXTOS DE SCHELLING
https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Joseph_Schelling
Teaching method
Lectures; analysis and discussion of texts.
Evaluation method
At the end of the semester, the final exame(70%), Class Attendence (10%), In the middle of the semester one exam(20%)
Subject matter
There are two meanings to the concept of Chaos, although popularly only one has succeeded, that of disorder and confusion. The primary meaning is that of the root of the word which means yawning, or abysmal opening of the mouth. The two senses combined allow the image that confusion sucks and swallows us. Linked to the idea of chaos is often the idea of destruction or of nothingness. The nothingness is where all beings get their generation from and where all beings are led into by destruction. Is time unilinear or circular, cyclical? Is it true that what goes around comes around? The will to power and the myth of the eternal return of the same, Schellings concept of chaos allow as a diagnose of chaos and nothingness as manifestations of being. Chaos "is", as nothingness "exists", which seems to be a contradiction in terms.