History of Philosophy I

1) Familiarity with some of the fundamental problems and discussions of modern and contemporary thinking. 2) Ability for a dense and concentrated reading of philosophical texts and cultural history. 3) Handling of secondary literature 4) Writing essays and expository and argumentative texts. 5) Perform oral presentation based on source texts and secondary bibliography. 6) Participating in philosophical discussions with other colleagues about a specific problem.

History of Philosophy (II) presents a historical and conceptual introduction to Western Modernity from its beginnings in the 17th century until the mid-20th century. We select some of the most representative authors of this period, the problems they pose and discourses and theories produces over these three centuries. The course will attend both to the historical moment in which such theories emerge and to the profound contemporary implications of those theories and conceptualizations. At the end of the course, the student must attain a global vision of the philosophical meaning of Modernity and the processes it imples. The course is divided into three sections, both thematic and chronological. I. Early modernity and radical Enlightenment. From consciousness to the idea of ¿¿progress. 1. Descartes. The Self and the mathesis universalis 2. Rationalism and radical Enlightenment. 18th century panorama 3. Reason, but also feeling and subjectivity. Rousseau. 4. Time of criticism: Kant, a new subject, a new knowledge, a new morality. 5. Criticism, reason and progress. Kant and the new philosophy of history. II. Romanticism, but also capitalism. From the exaltations of the self to the harsh social reality. 6. Dreams, monsters and nightmares of reason. Introduction to romanticism. 7. The absolute display of reason. Aspirations and failures. Hegel. 8. Reason as error. Nietzsche 9. Marx's critique of capitalism. Interpretive traditions until today. 10. Theory of history and critique of capitalism. Prospects for emancipation III. On crisis, catastrophes and hopes. Linguistic turn, existentialism and critical theory. 11. The crisis at the end of the century: 1900 and the precipice of the 20th century. 12. Output 1. Not reason, but language. Wittgenstein and the linguistic turn 13. Exit 2. Not reason, but Being. Heidegger and the so-called existentialism. 14. Exit 3. Capitalism and cultural industry. Critical theory.

EEach of the sections will be divided into individual topics. For each topic, there will be a lecture session and practical sessions to be carried out in small groups. The practical sessions may correspond to the following activities: A) discussion based on texts previously assigned by the teacher and read from home by the students, B) documentation activities to find bibliography based on objectives and interpretative hypotheses, C) oral presentations, D) training activities in philosophical writing. The practical classes will complement the master classes, but need not correspond exactly to the authors and theories presented in the master class. The master classes will be assessed by means of the mid-term exams, while the practical classes will be assessed by means of the final paper. In order to be able to follow the course and carry out the readings and assignments, it is highly recommended that each student consult and read the additional bibliography that accompanies the topics of the course, which is indicated at the end of this programme.