28488 - History of Philosophy (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student refines his knowledge about the history of modern and contemporary philosophical thought, with particular attention to long-term philosophical-political themes and concepts. The student also refines his ability to orient himself between the main interpretative and historiographical lines.

Course contents

THE TIME OF THE PHILOSOPHERS

The course intends to reconstruct on the texts some concepts of the time that the philosophers of the modern and contemporary age have elaborated - time and knowledge (about 10 hours); time and consciousness (about 10 hours) -, in order to trace different interesting moments of a sort of "philosophy of time" between science, experience, and theory.

The course will be organized in different ways which include lectures (about 20 hours) and a specialized seminars (about 10 hours) with text readings.

 

LECTURES

 

I. TIME AND KNOWLEDGE
The following texts or parts of them will be read:

I. Newton, Naturalis Philosophiæ Principia Mathematica: Scholium generale

Kant, Kritik der reinen Vernunft: DieTranszendentale Äestetik; Die Analytik der Begriffe, II, III, 3

 

II. TIME AND CONSCIOUSNESS

The following texts or parts of them will be read:

1. F. Hegel, Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften, § 258-260
2. H. Bergson, Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience (parts)
3. E. Husserl, Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie,1 § 81-88.
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N.B. Students are required to follow the course in all its parts.

 

SEMINARS

Within the course, two seminars will be organized

Seminar I. Time and eternity

The following texts will be read:

1. R. Descartes, Principia Philosophiæ, I, § 21,55, 56, 57

2. B. Spinoza, Ethica, P. IV and P. V

Seminar II. Time and possibility

The following texts or parts of them will be read:

I. J.-P. Sartre, L’Être et le Néant, IV, 1

II. M. Heidegger, Sein und Zeit, § 65-81.

 

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

N.B. Students are required to arrange with the teacher the English translation of the texts of the lectures and seminars.

The course will be held in the second semester, starting from February 1, 2021

Monday h. 15.00-17.00 (aula IV, Via Zamboni, 38)

Tuesday, h. 15.00-17.00 (aula I, Via Zamboni, 38)

Thursday, h. 15.00-17 .00 (aula C, Viazamboni, 34)

N.B. The course will be held only remotely via the web.


Office hours: Thursday, 10 am

In the months of June, July, August and September the office hours will be modified, which will be announced in good time in the website of the professor.

Readings/Bibliography

See the programm.

Teaching methods

The lectures concern specific themes, and intend to analyze them in reference also to the peculiarities of historical contexts, the diversity of cultures and of philosophical problems, and, finally, the determination of intellectual options of individual philosophers. The predominantly seminar format of the lessons involves students in an independent and shared research, conducted with bibliographic tools and discussed in dialogic forms of scientific communication.

Assessment methods

he exam is oral.

The oral examination tends to verify:
1. historical and philosophical knowledge acquired through the class attendance, the study of the texts and bibliography, contextualising them in historical and philosophical traditions;
2. the level of critical assimilation of conceptual contents;
3. the property and the adequacy of linguistic expression;
4. the knowledge of the main lines of classical interpretations.

The examination provides an opportunity for further discussion and further dialogue with the professor. In this sense, students are also invited to examine particular subjects close to the topics of the lectures.

Assessment criteria and assessment thresholds:
30 cum laude: Excellent, excellent solidity of knowledge, excellent expressive properties, excellent understanding of the concepts.
30: Very good, complete and adequate knowledge, well-articulated and correctly expressed.
27-29: Good, satisfactory knowledge, essentially correct expression.
24-26: Fairly good knowledge, but not complete and not always correct.
21-23: Generally sufficient knowledge but superficial. Expression is often not appropriate and confused.
18-21: Sufficient. The expression and articulation of the speech show important gaps.
<18: Insufficient knowledge or very incomplete, lack of guidance in discipline, expression seriously deficient. Exam failed.

Teaching tools

The lectures aim to examine classical texts, which are available in Italian and English translation, but with many references to the original language.

Seminars offer the reading of significant texts of philosophical debate around the subject of the lectures course, extending it with references to some other authors. The student is required to follow and to prepare for the exam only one seminar (I or II). The seminar format engages students in active participation, which mobilizes the acquired knowledge and transforms it into questioning the texts and discussing the topics.
The student may propose reading other texts or writing papers agreed with the teacher.

Office hours

See the website of Mariafranca Spallanzani