29424 - Seminars (1) (LM) (G.D)

Learning outcomes

The Philosophy Seminars have the following educational objectives: (1) to train students in philosophical argumentation by encouraging discussions on the themes and texts, also in the original language, presented in meetings with Italian and foreign scholars; (2) to broaden and deepen philosophical knowledge through participation in conferences held by specialists in the various fields of philosophical knowledge; (3) to compare the different methodological approaches to philosophy to complete the curricular teaching.

Course contents

The debate on the infinity of the universe between the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

The discussion will focus on the debate on the infinity of the universe prior to the definitive affirmation of this concept by Giordano Bruno (in the Italian dialogue De l'infinito universo e mondi and the Latin poem De immenso et innumerabilibus), namely Jean Mair's theory in his Propositum de infinito, published in Paris in 1506, and the treatment in splendid Lucretian verses by Marcello Palingenio Stellato in the last book of his poem Zodiacus vitae, the most widely circulated Italian work abroad in the 16th and 17th centuries, first published in 1536. Palingenio, a figure to whom Bayle dedicated an article in his Dictionnaire historique et critique.

Readings/Bibliography

JEAN MAIR, Traité de l'infini, Paris, Vrin 2018

A. KOYRE', Dal mondo chiuso a l'universo infinito, Milano, Feltrinelli 2018

Teaching methods

oral

Assessment methods

oral

Teaching tools

They will be given during the lessons

Office hours

See the website of Franco Bacchelli