2024
Philosophy of Game
Name: Philosophy of Game
Code: FIL12724L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Philosophy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Students, as a result of the curricular unit, should:
Know and understand game as human phenomena.
Know and understand games contemporary philosophical thought main approaches.
Know and understand game as human phenomena.
Know and understand games contemporary philosophical thought main approaches.
Contents
1. Introduction.
2. What is a game? Human body, spirit and game.
3. The anthropological dimension of the game(J.Huizinga, R.Caillois, A.Philonenko).
4. The epistemological status of the game (Ortega y Gasset, Sílvio Lima, B. Suits).
5. Phenomenology and Game (E. Fink).
6. Hermeneutics and Game (H.-G. Gadamer, J. Derrida)
7. Heteronyms and Game (F.Pessoa).
8. Game and Planetary Thinking (K. Axelos)
9. Game and spectatorship: the competitive perception(J.T. Lima)
2. What is a game? Human body, spirit and game.
3. The anthropological dimension of the game(J.Huizinga, R.Caillois, A.Philonenko).
4. The epistemological status of the game (Ortega y Gasset, Sílvio Lima, B. Suits).
5. Phenomenology and Game (E. Fink).
6. Hermeneutics and Game (H.-G. Gadamer, J. Derrida)
7. Heteronyms and Game (F.Pessoa).
8. Game and Planetary Thinking (K. Axelos)
9. Game and spectatorship: the competitive perception(J.T. Lima)
Teaching Methods
Meetings will consist of lectures by the instructor and/or presentations by students followed by discussion.
Students will be required to keep abreast of reading assignments and to come to prepared to discuss the
reading.
Evalution:
Continuous:
a) Test;
b) Test or Paper
Final Test
Students will be required to keep abreast of reading assignments and to come to prepared to discuss the
reading.
Evalution:
Continuous:
a) Test;
b) Test or Paper
Final Test
Teaching Staff
- João Tiago Reis Pedroso de Lima [responsible]
Certificações
