History of the philosophy of Modern Times

Theme of the course: Subjectivity, metaphysics and science from Descartes to Kant. From Descartes to Kant, from the cogito to the transcendental subject, the course will follow the discovery and progressive constitution of the concept of subjectivity as it still determines, positively or negatively, our most contemporary thought. The course also pays particular attention to the way in which metaphysics and science are set up from Descartes onwards and determine each other. In addition, by largely evoking several contemporary thinkers (Foucault, Badiou, Derrida, Ricoeur, Lévinas, Henry, Heidegger, Husserl,...), it is a question of indicating how the philosophy of the Modern Times constitutes a necessary referent for the comprehension of several themes of contemporary philosophy; to also indicate how concepts resulting from the philosophical tradition can be reactivated to inspire new concepts to be worked out according to our own problems.