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180183 SE Francis Bacon, and the Art of Writing Philosophy (2022S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Very important notice: the sechule of our meetings in irregular

Session 1 18.03.2022 Welcome, Introduction, Literature, Schedule, Recent trends in Bacon Scholarship
Session 2 25.03.2022 Law and Politics, Bacon’s Life and Times: an introduction to the general historical background
Session 3 8.04.2022 Between Early Modern Philosophy, Literature and Re-invented Myth. Bacon’s Essays and Sapientia veterum
Session 4 29.04.2022 The Advancement of Learning: Science, the art of eloquence and some inefficient ways of raising money (15.00-16.30 Ort: Hörsaal 3C )
Session5 6.05.2022 Towards a doctrine of idols: Valerius Terminus and the Advancement of learning
Session 6 13.05.2022 De sapientia veterum liber. Myth and Early modern Science
Session 7 20.05.2022 STUDY DAY ALL DAY FROM 9 AM – 7PM presentations by the students (VENUE will be communicated in advance).
Session 8 27.5.2022 Critical assessments: Bacon as a philosopher of Science in Later Perspectives.

  • Freitag 18.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 25.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 01.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 08.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 29.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 06.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 13.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 20.05. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
  • Freitag 20.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 27.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 03.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 10.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 17.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Freitag 24.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The seminar will be held in English. It is designed for advanced students with a firm command of English who can read at least some Latin.
This seminar will provide an exposition of the thought of Francis Bacon, (1561-1626). By means of guided close readings of selected primary texts the seminar offers an advanced introduction to the philosophical achievements of Francis Bacon, and his socio-political and intellectual environment; it will outline pre-modern conceptualizations of new epistemologies that were going in tandem with a re-assessment of the cognitive value of literature, myth and fiction. The focus on the changing intellectual culture of Early Modern England will also encompass the conditions of research. Special Attention will be given to readings of Francis Bacon’s De Sapientia veterum (Wisdom of the Ancients).

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Covid regulations permitting, this seminar will be held in presence. That means, that you have to be present during all our meetings. Apart from actively participating in the discussions of selected primary texts, students will be required to give a short talk and to write a 15 page seminar paper in English on one of Franics Bacons Myths in Sapientia veterum. Students who wish to participate in this course, therefore have to have a firm command both of spoken and written English as well as basic capacities to read Latin. Continuous presence at the seminar is another basic requirement. The essay will be due August 30, 2022. In their research, students will refer to the primary and secondary literature provided for the seminar as well as to other scholarly literature; in their essays, they will demonstrate their capacity handle the usual methods of scholarly documentation as required in the style sheet issued by the department of philosophy at the University of Vienna. A detailed structure for the paper will be presented at our first meeting.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Continuous presence, active participation a presentation during the study day, a 15 page essay according to outlines as above. (80%)
verbal presentation during the study day (20%)

Prüfungsstoff

Perez Zagorin, Francis Bacon, Princeton 1998 (Introduction)

Primary texts

Bacon, The Advancement of Learning (1605)
Bacon, De sapientia veterum (Wisdom of the Ancients (1609)

I recommend buying the following (cheap but excellent!)

Francis Bacon: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) ed. by Brian Vickers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Literatur

Perez Zagorin, Francis Bacon, Princeton 1998 (Introduction)

Primary texts

Bacon, The Advancement of Learning (1605)
Bacon, De sapientia veterum (Wisdom of the Ancients (1609)

I recommend buying the following (cheap but excellent!)

Francis Bacon: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) ed. by Brian Vickers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: So 08.05.2022 21:08