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| PHIL0081-1 | Phenomenology Seminar 2
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| Duration : | 45h SEM |
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| Lecturer : | Grégory Cormann, Arnaud Dewalque, Denis Seron |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| One-week Workshop preceded by a series of introductory lectures.
Theme 2011-2012: Subjective experience: Phenomenological approaches to phenomenal consciousness.
- Argument: Phenomenology has historically developed as a theory of appearances, of subjective experience, contrasting with objectivity of the so-called "mundane" sciences. Brentano, Stumpf, Husserl and his heirs, yet Gestalt psychologists as well have faced a unique task: to describe phenomenal consciousness, and construct a theory of it. During the 20th century such a task seemed to be annihilated by various attacks coming from logical empiricism, behaviorism and naturalism. Yet, nowadays, this issue plays again a crucial role on the scene of the philosophy of mind. For approximatively thirty years it has been the topic of much-debated studies and has become, with Thomas Nagel, the main philosophical issue which challenges the predominant naturalistic view. The workshop will focus on the analysis of phenomenal consciousness by exploiting recent resources coming from the philosophy of mind, and by examining the possible contribution of Austrian-Germann phenomenology and French phenomenology. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Main purpose:
- to encourage participants to develop their personal research capacities in the field of phenomenology
The seminar aims at gathering researchers and students of the "Phenomenology" orientation in a one-week workshop. This year, the workshop will take place from 23 to 27 April 2012. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Bachelor in Philosophy |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The April Workshop will provide students with a representative sample of various analyses devoted to phenomenal consciousness. Those analyses will be introduced by a series of lectures.
Schedule (subject to modifications during the year):
- 6/10/11: Arnaud Dewalque: The Knowledge Argument. Introduction to the problem of phenomenal consciousness
- 27/10/11: Bruno Leclercq: The Heterophenomenology Project
- 17/11/11: Arnaud Dewalque: Phenomenal Intentionality
- 08/12/11: Marco Coratolo: The Intentionnality-Phenomenality Equivalence in Husserl
- 09/02/12: Robert Brisart: Naturalizations of Intentionality
- 16/02/12: Florence Caeymaex et Grégory Cormann: TBA
- 01/03/12: Federico Boccaccini: Brentano vs Mach
- 22/03/12: TBA
- 19/04/12: Students' presentations
- 23-27/4/12: Workshop
- 21/05/12: Students' Written works
For location, please contact a.dewalque@ulg.ac.be |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Bibliographical informations will be made available by each introductory lecture. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation will be based on a personal work dedicated to the theme of the year. As for students in Master 2, this work will give rise to an oral presentation (50% of final report) and to a written text of approximatively 15 pages (50%). As for students in Master 1, only the written text is required. Evaluation criteria will be:
- compliance with given instructions (length, deadline, etc.)
- relevancy of discussed topic
- use of primary and secondary literature
- clarity and quality of language
Oral presentations should take place on the 19 of April, 2012. Written works (MA-1 et MA-2) are due to 21 of May, 2012. |
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Contacts :
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| Holders of the course :
Grégory Cormann, Arnaud Dewalque, Denis Seron
- Coordinator 2011-2012: Denis Seron
Dpt of Philosophy
7, Place du 20-août, Building A1/2nd floor
B-4000 Liège
Mails : Gregory.Cormann@ulg.ac.be, a.dewalque@ulg.ac.be, D.Seron@ulg.ac.be |
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