Metaphysics and the theory of knowledge

Seminar on ontology

Research seminar on an ontological topic. Theme of this year : the question of "individuation".
Each session requires the reading of some texts, which will be discussed by the group.
http://www.metheor.ulg.ac.be/metaphysique/Ontologie2019-2020.pdf

Controversial issues in metaphysics

The question of stupidity (bêtise)
What is stupidity? Is it only a mere lack of intelligence or should we see it as a radical structure of thought? Is it only an accident of the life of the spirit or an object that metaphysics can (and must) elaborate? This course would like to show how the question of stupidity gradually imposed itself during the nineteenth century and then took ia metaphysical form in the next century - theory of matter or substance, nothingness and evil, self and individuation - generating an intense conceptualization which, in turn, will shed light on its most current and deleterious manifestations. Both political and metaphysical, anthropological and psychological, empirical and transcendental, stupidity infests all fields of thought and speech.
The course will review the great theoreticians of stupidity and give this examination the form of a disputatio, setting Deleuze and his critics (Derrida, Alain Roger) on the basis of the portaits of stupidity delivered by literature (Flaubert, Barthes, Gombrowicz).
Sometimes distracting, sometimes frightening, is not stupidity an intimate dimension of thought and at the same time the possible place of its annihilation?

Seminar on ontology

Defining a philosophical question through its historical development between science and metaphysics.

Controversial issues in metaphysics

At the end of this course, students will be have a firm knowledge of the historical evolution of the concept of stupidity and will also be able to produce analyses or classifications in order to characterize stupidity.

Seminar on ontology

Bachelor's degree knowledge in history of philosophy.

Seminar on ontology

On fridays afternoon (from 2pm to 5pm) every two weeks during the whole year.
Location : Espace philo
http://www.metheor.ulg.ac.be/metaphysique/Ontologie2019-2020.pdf

Controversial issues in metaphysics

Face-to-face. Tuesday 13:00-15:00

Controversial issues in metaphysics

Indicative bibliography (will be completed during the course):
Gilles Deleuze, Différence et répétition, Paris, Puf, 1997.
Jacques Derrida, La Bête et le Souverain I, Paris, Galilée, 2001.
Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard et Pécuchet, éd. Gothot-Mersch, Paris, folio, 2016.
Michel Foucault, L'herméneutique du sujet, Paris, Gallimard, 2001.
Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke, trad. G. Sédir, Paris, Folio, 1998.
Alain Roger, Bréviaire de la bêtise, Paris, Gallimard, 2008.
Jean-Paul Sartre, L'Idiot de la famille, vol. I, Paris, Gallimard, 1988.

Seminar on ontology

During the year, students will have to prepare each session by reading a paper (which will be provided a fortnight before the session).
On the basis of this reading, they will have to write a question to be asked to the speaker. This question should be sent to the teachers two days before the session. Sending these questions is a necessary condition for being allowed to take the final exam. They will be taken into account within the final mark.
 
The final exam will rest on a written essay (to be sent before the 30th of May or the 16th of August).
This (40 to 50 thousands signs long) essay should deal with some topic strongly related to the theme of the seminar and it must take into consideration what has been said at the seminar.
The essay must use secondary sources and question the authors it is dealing with.
Students are advised to discuss the topic of their essay with the teachers as soon as possible. A title and abstract of the paper should be handed in before the 15th of March 2019.

Controversial issues in metaphysics

A 20-30 min presentation on a book (or a part of a book) dedicated to stupidity, in agreement with the teacher. A list of works will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Seminar on ontology

A first information session will be held on October 4 at 1pm.

Seminar on ontology

Laurence.Bouquiaux@uliege.be
Olivier.Dubouclez@uliege.be
B.Leclercq@uliege.be
Julien.Pieron@uliege.be
Université de Liège Département de philosophie Place du XX août, 7 4000 LIEGE

Controversial issues in metaphysics

Olivier Dubouclez
Department of philosophy
History of Modern Philosophy
Place du 20-Août, 7
B-4000 Liège
email: Olivier.Dubouclez@uliege.be

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INTRO: BRUNO LECLERCQ, Foundational mereology as a logical tool for descriptive psychology
Bruno Leclercq, 2019, ¿Foundational mereology as a logical tool for descriptive psychology¿, in D. Fisette, G. Frechette, H. Janousek (eds.), Franz Brentano, Springer, Primary Sources in Phenomenology.

INTRO: DAVID CORNELL, Material composition
David Cornell, 2018 ?, ¿Material composition¿, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

INTRO: GUILLAUME BUCCHIONI, Tout intégral et théories de la composition
Guillaume Bucchioni, 2015, « Tout intégral et théories de la composition », Revue philosophique de Louvain, 113 (4), pp. 679-705.

INTRO: PETER SIMONS, Integral Wholes
Peter Simons, 1997, ¿Integral wholes¿, chap. 9 of Parts, Oxford, Clarendon Press, pp. 324-360.

INTRO: PETER SIMONS, Structure(s)
Peter Simons, 2010, « Structure(s) », in Sébastien Richard (ed.), Analyse et ontologie, Paris, Vrin, pp. 21-37.

INTRO: PETER VAN INWAGEN, When are objects parts ?
Peter Van Inwagen, 1987, ¿When are objects parts?¿, Philosophical Perspectives, 1, pp. 21-47.

INTRO: SEBASTIEN RICHARD, Dépendance et ontologie formelle. La question de l'intégrité des objets
Sébastien Richard, 2010, « Dépendance et ontologie formelle. La question de l¿intégrité des objets », in Sébastien Richard (ed.), Analyse et ontologie, Paris, Vrin, pp. 71-109.