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PHIL-B150

Histoire de la philosophie moderne

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Arnaud PELLETIER (Coordinator) and Martha BEULLENS

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

The course consists in a comprehensive reading of Descartes’ Meditations on first philosophy, and of Spinoza’s Ethics (parts one to three).

The student must read and study a passage for each course session (the program of required readings and of study questions is made available on the université virtuelle at the beginning of the course).

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

The course is an introduction to the key issues (mainly metaphysical and epistemological) of two major books of Modern Philosophy, which goes along and determines the rise of a mathematical science of nature. A particular stress will be put on the method of reading philosophical texts.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex cathedra course on the texts.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

The complete syllabus will be available by the end of the semester (both in paper form by PUB and in digital form).

Other information

Contacts

arnaud.pelletier@ulb.ac.be Tel: 02/650.26.52

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Written exam (4 hours) consisting in two exercises: a question about the entire course, and an explanation of a text taken from one of the books to study.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Each of both exercices can earn a maximum of 10 points.

Programmes