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MULB1310 - History of Medieval Philosophy
Credits :
5
Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 45 hours of theory.
Timetable :
Second term
Monday from 10:00 to 12:00
Tuesday from 08:00 to 10:00
Language of instruction :
French
Learning outcomes :
At the end of the course, student will have acquired a basic knowledge of the foundations of the Medieval Philosophy.
Prerequisites :
None
Co-requisites :
None
Course contents :
- Study of the important events of medieval philosophy: Christian Neoplatonism (Saint Augustine, Boetius, Pseudo-Denys, Jean Scot Erigène); the quarrel of the universals (Pierre Abélard), the advent of universalism in the 12th and 13th centuries and controversies surrounding Aristotelianism (St. Thomas Aquinas and Siger of Brabant); Arab-Moslem philosophy (Avicenna and Averroës); the evolution of thought after the 1277 condemnations (Jean Duns Scot and William of Ockham).
- Study, centred on some crosscutting topics (humanism, the historical authenticity of knowledge, the infinity of the worlds, the question of love and of beauty, power and sovereignty, etc.), of the principal figures of philosophy up to the Renaissance.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written examination.
Recommended or required reading :
2 syllabi published by the PUB and available on the university's virtual site.
List of texts and bibliography available on the university's virtual site.
Other information :
None
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