Advanced Studies in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

lfilo2140  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Advanced Studies in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Destrée Pierre;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Introduction to ancient and medieval philosophy Knowledge of Latin or Greek, while very helpful, is not a requirement.
Main themes
Each year the course will concentrate on a particular problematic that can be studied in relation to classical antiquity or the Middle Ages. The course is intended to present the current state of research relative to the chosen problematic, and will suggest methodological avenues and working hypotheses capable of advancing this state of research. Attention will be paid to modern or contemporary developments with regard to the problematic presented in diachronic fashion (moving forward in time) in the course.
Aims

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

1 Upon successful completion of the course the student should be able to :
  • make use of a set of research tools used in the study of ancient and medieval philosophy,
  • give an account of some appropriate problematic in terms of doctrinal developments during classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, by citing appropriate lines of continuity or eventual changes down through the centuries,
  • analyse the position relative to this problematic of a given author taken as representative of the classical-medieval period in a relevant way, based on the methodology and the conceptual and historical framework presented in the course o make comparisons to modern or contemporary perspectives
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Faculty or entity
EFIL


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures

Master [60] in Philosophy

Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

Master [120] in Philosophy

Certificat universitaire en langue, littérature et civilisation latines

Master [120] in History

Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Classics