Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in philosophy (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Marc Maesschalk
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to pursue, in a well-informed and original manner, a question chosen from the area of the philosophy of the human and social sciences.
After completing the course, the student should be able to :
- Use research tools appropriate for the philosophy of human sciences ;
- Conceptualise the question that has been selected;
- Situate the answers to this question within the framework of the history of key concepts in the human and social sciences, and in contemporary philosophical debates between different approaches and theories ;
- Include, in the philosophical discussion of the selected question, contributions from other disciplines that bear upon the response to the question ;
- Develop arguments regarding the response to the question in an original way ;
- Submit the method chosen for the study of the selected question to a critical reflection.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Reading knowledge of English sufficient to allow study of contemporary texts in the area of the philosophy of the human and social sciences.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Each year the course will concentrate on a particular theme, and will make sure to present and contrast different philosophical approaches to the theme. The course will also attempt to combine the study of the selected theme with a reflection on the aims and methods of the philosophy of the human and social sciences.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
L. Althusser, Lire Le Capital, Paris, P.U.F., 2008.
H. Blumenberg, Description de l'homme, Paris, Cerf, 2011.
G. Canguilhem, Le normal et le pathologique, Paris, P. U. F., 2007.
G. Canguilhem, Idéologie et rationalité dans l'histoire des sciences de la vie, Paris, Vrin, 2000.
M. Foucault, Surveiller et punir, Paris, Gallimard, 1975.
M. Foucault, Naissance de la clinique. Une archéologie du regard médical, Paris, PUF, 1963.
E. Husserl, Méditations cartésiennes, Paris, Vrin, 2001.
E. Husserl, Expérience et jugement, Paris, PUF, Epiméthée, 1970.
G. Le Blanc, Dedans, dehors, Paris, Seuil, 2010.
G. Le Blanc, L'invisibilité sociale, Paris, P. U. F., 2009.
K. Mannheim, Idéologie et utopie, Paris, La Maison des sciences de l'homme, 2006.
A. Schütz, Le chercheur et la réalité, Paris, Méridiens Klincksieck, 1987.
A. Schütz, L'Etranger, Paris, Allia, 2003.
B. Waldenfels, Etudes pour une phénoménologie de l'étranger, t. 1: Topographie de l'étranger, Van Dieren, 2009.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
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Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Maesschalck Marc