Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory.

Second term
Thursday from 11:00 to 13:00 at 109 Marais 411

French

The aim is to initiate the students to the issues relating to the theory of reference such as they arise within the contemporary philosophy dimension.

For the Bachelor in History :

For the Bachelor in Modern Languages and Letters: German, Dutch and English :

For the Bachelor in Philosophy :

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Kant is not only the gravedigger of traditional metaphysics, he is also the one that revolutionised its meaning. What are the fundamental problems of metaphysics in a post-Kantian horizon? With this question as backdrop, the course aims to present the main stages of the constructivist philosophy that lead to Quine's conception of ontology.

Lecture

Written examination

P.F. Strawson, The Bounds of Sense. An Essay on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, London and New York, Routledge, 1966.

W.V.O. Quine, Le mot et la chose, trad. franç. de J. Dopp et P. Gochet, Paris, Flammarion, 1977.

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