Seminar on philosophical anthropology

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

Teacher(s)

Dupuis Michel; Frogneux Nathalie (coordinator);

Language

French

Prerequisites

Students shall have completed a basic course in philosophical anthropology. They shall have a general acquaintance with the main problems, schools of thought, and concepts in this area.

Main themes

The seminar will deal with a theme in the area of philosophical anthropology determined by the members of the seminar with reference to research projects in which they are involved. Active participation by students at each meeting is strongly encouraged. Professors, UCL researchers who have an interest in the topic, and specialists in the topic from outside the UCL may be members of the seminar.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Upon completion of the seminar the student will be able to : develop a theme for research in the area of philosophical anthropology on the basis of a critical analysis of major works and texts by authors dealing with the theme being studied, and also the contributions presented within the framework of the seminar ; write a scientific paper dealing with a precisely delimited research question that is important in relation to the seminar theme ; participate actively in cooperative research in philosophical anthropology, especially in discussions of contributions made within the framework of the seminar ;

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”.

Bibliography

Communiquée sur le site du cours.

Faculty or entity

EFIL

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

Title of the programme

Sigle

Credits

Prerequisites

Aims

Master [120] in Ethics

ETHI2M

Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

FILA9CE

Master [120] in Philosophy

FILO2M