30413 - Philosophy Laboratory (1) (G.A)

Course contents

Philosophy Workshop 2018-9

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Philosophy Workshop has three goals: teaching the rules of writing and composition; an introduction on how to use bibliographic tools; an introduction on how to read a philosophy classic and the creation of a short philosophical essay on said classic.

The Philosophy Workshop consists of two parts: Writing and Library Workshop (LS, 8 hours = 6+2 hours); Reading Workshop (LL, 22 hours).

Both Workshops (unless part of LS dedicated to Library Workshop) are held either in the first that in the second semester.

In order to be eligible, each student has to attend both LS and LL.

SCHEDULES OF LESSONS

Writing Workshop (Prof. E. Scapparone): 6 hours

- First semester

On Friday: 16, 23 and 30 November 2018, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Room V, Via Zamboni 38.

- Second semester

On Thursday: 21 and 28 February, 7 March 2019, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Room Tibiletti, Via Zamboni 38.

Students must enroll in the Writing Workshop by sending an email to prof.ssa Scapparone (), andindicating the semester for which they opt.

LIBRARY WORKSHOP (Dott. A. Brunelli): 2 hours

Within the LS, the part devoted to the use of libraries will be offered just once during the first term (see the schedule below) and will count for both the LS taught in the first term.

Students will be divided into two groups, according to their family names in alphabetical order: the A-L group will join a first round of lessons, the M-Z group a second round. For the laboratory on the use of libraries, registration is not required.

First round (A-L group): November 12, 3-5 PM, Room: Laboratorio 2, via Zamboni 34

Second round (M-Z group): November 20, 3-5 PM, Room: Laboratorio 2, via Zamboni 34

Reading Workshops

Each reading workshop can be attended by no more than 30 students.

For the first term, students will be able to choose among the workshops offered by:

Prof. Manlio Iofrida

Prof. Matteo Martelli

These first semester workshops are already full: for those students who really need to attend the workshop during the first term in order to graduate in February 2019, please e-mail prof. Manlio Iofrida (manlio.iofrida@unibo.it) or discuss this issue with him during his office hours.

In the second term, at least five reading workshops will be offered. For the moment, the following professors agreed to teach one of them:

Prof. Monica Azzolina

Prof. Elisabetta Scapparone

Prof. Guido Gherardi

Should other Reading Workshops become available, you will be notified asap.

Enrolling at the second-semester workshops (both LS and LL) will open on 24 January 2019 and close on 31 January 2019 (should a LL start in the IV period, and this was not known by 24 January, the deadline for enrolling will be adjusted accordingly).

The success of workshops is based on regular attendance of all students to all meetings: for this reason, in order to be eligible for the final exam and pass the course, students will need to rigorously attend classes for both modules. In order to be admitted to the final exam and gain a pass, therefore, students will need to have attended at least 6 of their 8 classes for writing lab, and 16 out of 20 for the reading lab.

Because of several unpleasant episodes of signature falsification occurred in the last years, in case it is proved that even a single signature has not been made by the corresponding student, such student will be excluded from the final exam and will have to wait until the next year to attend the Workshop again. The same standards will hold for students submitting written exams which are totally or partially copied from previously existing paper or digital texts, or not written by themselves.

Only in case of certified impossibility to attend the Workshop students are allowed to arrange an alternative program with the corresponding teacher of the attended module. Such cases concern:

working students who cannot obtain a specific permission to attend the Workshop. Such students must inform the teachers both of the Writing and Reading Workshop at the beginning of the corresponding modules and prove by a declaration of their employers the impossibility of their attendance.

Erasmus and Overseas students. Such students must promptly provide documentary evidence to both teachers of the Writing and the Reading Workshop showing the impossibility of their attendance due to their living abroad.

Attending and not attending students of the Writing Workshop must get as soon as possible the manual of philosophical writing, which can be found on line on the web page of the Degree Course of Philosophy and in paper form at the Copy Shop Centotrecento, in via Centotrecento. Attending students must always carry the new manual at the lessons of Writing Workshop; this new manual replaces all preceding manuals.

For attending students the exam will consist in the submission and discussion of a short essay on the philosophical classic on which the attended Reading Workshop has been held. The essay will be assessed both concerning his form as his content and will have to show the skills acquired in the three attended Workshops.

For more detailed informations on such Workshops (period, schedules, rooms, programs, etc.) see the website of each Workshop lecturer.

On the basis of the here outlined rules, only students who have attended the three Workshops, according to the rules outlined above, will be allowed to submit the final paper and to take the eligibilityexam; to this effect, at the time when the student will submit the paper, each teacher will check the correctness of his attendance in each Workshop.

For further clarification or query students can contact the Workshop supervisor, prof. Manlio Iofrida (manlio.iofrida@unibo.it).

Concerning my own course of reading Laboratory, its theme will be the body in contemporary philosophy, starting from Merleau-Ponty; after 4 hours of introduction, the remaining 16 hours will be dedicated to students' reports, on texts and authors related to the philosophical problem of the body . The lessons start on October 11 2018. Hours and room: room B via Zamboni 34, 11-13 in the I period; room C via Zamboni 34, 11 - 13 in the II period. Photocopies for the course will be found in Copyshop Centotrecento, via Centotrecento. The reading of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Conversazioni, tr. it. Milano, SE, 2002, is recommended.

Readings/Bibliography

See the program.

Teaching methods

Seminars and submission of a final paper.

Assessment methods

Eligibility is obtained by attendance to all the parts of the Workshop and the submission of a final paper.

Teaching tools

See Teaching methods.

Office hours

See the website of Manlio Iofrida

See the website of Elisabetta Scapparone