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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
PHIL0078-1  Workshop in philosophical practice
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in philosophy, 1st yearSecond semester4
Holder(s) :  Stéphan Galetic, Bruno Leclercq
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Beside the theoretical lectures, it matters to become acquainted with philosophical attitude, with questioning and critical debate, within a research community. Questions will arise from different perspectives about thematic worked out by the group. Philosophical tools will be forged according to needs and constraints specific to each problem. The issue is not so much the conclusion than the critical and collective progression through the testing of ideas.
Course objective :  The workshop aims at getting the student familiar with the specificity of the philosophical approach and tools like critical attitude, dialogue, questioning, conceptual elaboration. It aims also at emphasize the importance, for a philosophical reasoning, of attention to arguments, of precision and concision in using concepts, of the capacity in reformulating one's positions. It presents itself also as an experience of philosophical reflection within a research community focused on cooperation, active listening, responsibility for own thought and risking own ideas.
Prerequisites :  None
Workshops :  Students will be asked to intervene regularly in an electronic forum. So, during each worshop, a student will undertake to summarize the major points of it
Organization :  The assistant will make an appointment with interested students at the begining of the year to precise the organisation of the workshops.
Written notes :  None. Problems are elaborated within the process of the workshops.
Assessment :  A written report about the content and organisation of the workshops, by groups of three or four students, will be asked at the end of the year.
Contacts :  Stéphan Galetic, assistant
Département de Philosophie,
pl. du 20-Août, 7 à 4000 Liège - 2e étage
Tel. 04 366 55 92 - Email : sgaletic@ulg.ac.be


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