History & Texts of Contemporary Philosophy II (XXth century)

lfilo1340  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

History & Texts of Contemporary Philosophy II (XXth century)
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
5 credits
45.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Camilleri Sylvain;
Language
French
Prerequisites
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Main themes
The course is intended as an introduction to the study of texts and doctrines of contemporary philosophy (20th and 21st centuries).

It identifies the main aspects of the history of contemporary philosophy of the 20th and 21st centuries, its key trends and prominent thinkers, and will develop students' critical reading of the great works of contemporary philosophy.

The following movements will be studied: phenomenology, neo-positivism, critical theory, existentialism, structuralism, hermeneutics, post-modernism, neo-pragmatism.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the major movements and significant writers of 20th and 21st century contemporary philosophy, and will be able to identify its key underlying issues and describe the important ongoing debates.

They will be able to comment on, analyse and critique one or more major contemporary philosophy texts and situate them in the overall context of contemporary philosophy (after Nietzsche).
 
Faculty or entity
EFIL


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

Bachelor in Philosophy

Bachelor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Certificat universitaire en philosophie (fondements)

Minor in Philosophy