Metaphysics

Teacher(s)

Landenne Quentin; Roux Jeanne-Marie (compensates Landenne Quentin);

Language

French

Learning outcomes

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

The aim of the course is to give the students the necessary benchmarks to find their way in the history of Metaphysics, by proposing them interpretation keys in order to understand the specific conceptual and systematic features of the metaphysical discourse. The purpose is to show that Metaphysics is not a closed chapter, but instead can be the object of a living research and has very concrete effects on other domains of culture.

Content

The contents of the course could vary from one year to another, following one of these three schemes: 1) commenting a major metaphysical text (or a system) and its reading and critical reception through the tradition; 2) reconstructing a central theme in the history of metaphysics; 3) analysing a transversal concept of said history and its evolutions and transformations.

Teaching methods

Lecture

Evaluation methods

Written or oral examination.

Other information

None

Bibliography

Les quelques extraits de textes lus au cours seront déposés sur le Moodle de l’USL-B.

Faculty or entity

PHLB