Philosophy and anthropology : an introduction [ LBARC1141 ]

Fluent oral and written practice of French.

1) Philosophy and anthropology : Origins and trends
2) Questions on ethics, politics and aesthetics
3) The (in-)finite definition of architecture
4) Anthropological fondements of Observation and representation
5) Cosmologies : Definitions and applications

 

At the conclusion of this teaching, students will be able to :
- Understand the fundamental contribution by the philosophy and anthropology to the discipline of architecture
- Master the vocabulary, the concepts, the great lines of the evolution of philosophy and anthropology set in their cultural and socio-historical context
- Develop critical (and self-critical) questioning, sharpen their reflexive looking into practices and actual experiences thanks to the confrontation with the theory
- Participate in the discovery of original texts and the updating of the bibliography
- Pratise dialectics on ethical questions inherent in architectural pratice. Encourage the ethical drafting of an « in-between » thought, disciplines and pratices
- Identify different ways of inhabiting the world