Problems of Practical Philosophy

Code: FIL14402D

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Philosophy

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Mandatory. This UC occupies a strategic place and should contribute to the configuration of the horizon of the Doctorate in Practical Philosophy, bringing together in modules various lines of work, present in the research support unit, which should be deepened in other UCs of the course.

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis - Tornar as cidades e os assentamentos humanos inclusivos, seguros, resilientes e sustentáveis.

Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

1) Introduction to the philosophical tradition of attention to the vital and ethical practice of wisdom and sanity, both at the individual and community levels.
2) Favouring the design, writing and public presentation of scientific communications.
3) Capacity of integration and contextualisation of the problems investigated in the horizon of contemporary philosophical debates

1. The practical tradition of Western philosophy: the pursuit of happiness and the ethical-political problematic.

2. The care of the Self in Greek and Latin Antiquity and its philosophical re-appropriation today.

3. Practical rationality and the question of freedom: some decisive positions, from Luis de Molina and Kant to Schelling and Nietzsche.

4. The modern discovery of Eastern thought and its growing influence in the global world. The proximity of the religious.

5. From the therapeutical vocation of philosophy to the phenomenological clinic: Philosophy, Medicine, Psychoanalysis, Existential Analysis.

Teaching Methods

Attendance regime and, in duly justified cases, possible online participation. Students should be able to present aspects of their own investigations, related to the theme in question, in an organized open discussion, which can take place in or in the form of a communication in a Colloquium, may it be organized in the context of the Course, or elsewhere. Teaching: exhibition, texts and debate. Sessions held by guest lecturers or the participation of students in scientific meetings that take place on related topics/areas may be included. Assessment basis: 1) attendance and active participation (25%); 2) presentation or writing of a brief essay ( 25%).