Methodology of philosophy and exercises

Teacher(s)

Brasseur Camille;

Language

French

Learning outcomes

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

The aim of the methodology of philosophy and exercises course is to introduce students to philosophical reading on the one hand, to guide them through their philosophical writing on the other hand.

Content

Methodology of philosophy and exercises course is divided according to two approaches :
- The first aspect will be the development of a writing method: how to start, do, present a research ; how to write a dissertation ; how philosophers themselves have theorized their method.
- The second aspect will be to acquire the skills of philosophical reading : capacity of understanding philosophical issues of a text, capacity of commenting it by comparing it with recent scientific work, capacity of analysing its theories and its argumentation.

Teaching methods

Practical exercises: library working sessions, working group sessions of reading and commentary, writing workshops, in-class exercises, debates…

Evaluation methods

• One bibliographic and conceptual research homework, to be handed in on the middle of the term. It counts for for 10% of the final grade.
• One homework (essay), to be handed in by 16 December 2023. It counts for 50% of the final grade.
• One homework (commentary), to be handed in by 16 December 2023. It counts for 40% of the final grade.

Specific instructions for each assignment will be given during the course and available on Moodle.

Other information

Course material : documents provided during the lessonsthe texts and the methodological sheets. All documents and the syllabus are available on the course’s Moodle platform.

Bibliography

Fournie au long des séances

Faculty or entity

PHLB