Universität Wien

180456 SE Devastating Tropes and Deceiving Senses - Scepticism in the Early Modern Period (2008S)

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

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Details

max. 45 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 14.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
  • Freitag 21.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
  • Freitag 28.03. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
  • Freitag 04.04. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
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  • Freitag 02.05. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 3E NIG 3.Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The course seeks to provide a comprehensible exposition of philosophical Scepticism in European Renaissance thought. The seminar will give a concise introduction to the philosophical positions of Sextus Empiricus, who wrote the most systematic treatment of ancient scepticism. We will then read and discuss selected passages from the followers of Sextus in the Sixteenth Century, such as Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola, Francisco Sanchez and Michel de Montaigne. In the seminar we will also look at the socio-political and intellectual environment and outline pre-modern conceptualisations of new epistemologies; thereby, the course envisions a critical re-examination of the traditional canon in the history of philosophy. The focus on the changing intellectual culture of Early Modern Europe will also touch the conditions of research.

Didaktik
The seminar will be held in English, accompanied by reading material from selected relevant primary sources and secondary literature at the student's disposal in the library. General introductions to the historical and intellectual backgrounds of the texts under consideration will go along with close readings of selected passages from Bacon's works.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Recommeded basic reading

Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism (available in various English translations)
Popkin, Richard R.: The history of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza. Berkely 1979

> Prüfungsmodalitäten

Apart from actively participating in the discussions of selected primary texts, students will be required to give a short talk and to write a an essay in English. In their research, students will also refer to the primary and secondary literature provided for the seminar.
Please note: in order to obtain a certificate for this seminar it is necessary to give a talk and to write a paper (which may be related to the talk but which will not merely be a summary of your presentation).

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

§ 4.1.4, BA M 5.3, PP § 57.6

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:36