28001 - Theoretic Philosophy (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will have become familiar with some of the main concepts of epistemology; you will be able to reflect critically on their mutual relations and on the relations that connect them to other basic concept of philosophy; you will have acquired the ability to read and interpret with some autonomy texts of a conceptual and argumentative nature; you will possess the tools to study in more depth human knowledge and the various forms of experience; you will understand the relationship between the structuring of concepts, the thery of cognitive abstraction and the various modes of human experience in their practical, vital and behavioural aspects; you will be able to adapt the philosophical-conceptual tools in your possession to new problems and issues; and you will be able to conceptualise human knowledge as an open and non-dogmatic process of neverending transformation of our presuppositions.

Course contents

Course Title:

EDMUND HUSSERL: THE FOUNDATION OF PHENOMENOLOGY

The course (12 cfu) will examine the entire first volume of Edmund Husserl's Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy (1913). (For the course of 6 cfu see below). This text represents the purest, most profound and complex expression of phenomenological thought from a theoretical point of view, as the foundation of a "new science" that anticipates the phenomenological developments of the 1920s and 1930s, up to Formal and Transcendental Logic (1929) and the Cartesian Meditations (1931).

 

Distribution of topics in lectures:

For the 6-credit course module (code 28001 - Master's Degree in Semiotics):

Of the 15 lectures available:

• 3 will be dedicated to a historical-philosophical introduction to the phenomenology of Husserl;

• 15 will be dedicated to the discussion and commentary of the text (Introduction, Section One and Section Two, from page 3 to page 154).

For the full 12-credit course (code 73073 - Master's Degree in Philosophical Sciences):

Of the 30 lectures available:

• 3 will be dedicated to a historical-philosophical introduction to the phenomenology of Husserl;

• 27 will be dedicated to the discussion and commentary of the text (the entire First Book: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology, from page 3 to page 382).

 

Start of lectures and place:

• The lectures will begin on Monday, September 15, 2025, in classroom A, via Zamboni 34, and every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 1 to 3 pm.

Readings/Bibliography

Obligatory for all students, both attending and non-attending:

 

Edmund Husserl, Idee per una fenomenologia pura e per una filosofia fenomenologica, a cura di V. Costa, Mondadori, Milano 2008.

• For the 6-credit course module (code 28001 - Master's Degree in Semiotics): Introduction, Section One and Section Two, from pages 3 to 154 (available in the "course materials").
• For the entire 12-credit course (code 73073 - Master's Degree in Philosophical Sciences): The entire First Book: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology - Introduction, Section One, Section Two, Section Three, and Section Four, from pages 3 to 382 (available in the "course materials").

 

Optional readings:

Recommended, above all for non-attending students, one or more of the following books:

• R. Bernet, I. Kern, E. Marbach, Edmund Husserl, il Mulino, Bologna 1992.
• V. Costa, E. Franzini, P. Spinicci, La fenomenologia, Einaudi, Torino 2002.
• V. Costa, Husserl, Carocci, Roma 2009.
• D. Moran & J. Cohen, The Husserl Dictionary, Continuum International Publishing, London and New York, 2012.

 

Note: this is just an indication. To pass the exam with maximum marks, obligatory readings are sufficient and, above all, the teaching material prepared by the teacher.

 

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures; discussion on the main topics treated in the course. Reading and commentary of texts.

Assessment methods

Assessment methods

Oral test with verification of specific historical and philosophical knowledge and of the level of assimilation and processing critical-conceptual content.

Exam sessions

During the 2025/2026 academic year, exam sessions are scheduled in the following months: November, December 2025; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December 2026; January, February 2027.

Students with disabilities and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders have the right to special adjustments according to their condition, following an assessment by the Service for Students with Disabilities and SLD. Please do not contact the instructor but get in touch with the Service directly to schedule an appointment. It will be the responsibility of the Service to determine the appropriate adjustments. For more information, visit the page: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students .It [htthttps://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students%20.It%20p://] is recommended that students contact the University office in advance. Any proposed adjustments must be submitted at least 15 days in advance for the instructor’s approval, who will evaluate their appropriateness in relation to the learning objectives of the course.

Assessment criteria and thresholds of evaluation:

30 cum laude: Excellent as to knowledge, terminology and critical expression.

30: Excellent, knowledge is complete, well articulated and correctly expressed, although with some slight faults.

27-29: Good, knowledge comprehensive and satisfactory, essentially correct expression .

24-26: Fairly good, knowledge present in significant points, but not complete and not always expressed with correctness.

21-23: Sufficient, knowledge is sometimes superficial, but the guiding general thread is included. Expression and articulation incomplete and often not appropriate

18-21:.Almost sufficient, but knowledge present only on the surface. The guiding principle is not included with continuity. The expression and articulation of the speech show important gaps.

<18: Not sufficient, knowledge absent or very incomplete, lack of guidance in discipline, expression seriously deficient. Exam failed.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector connected with PC

Links to further information

http://www.disciplinefilosofiche.it/

Office hours

See the website of Luca Guidetti