- Docente: Marco Ciardi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-STO/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Asian and African Languages and Cultures (cod. 0972)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student acquires critical tools to:
interpret primary and secondary sources on the history of
scientific thought (contextualized in the philosophical culture,
technical, socio-political, institutional of their time);
perform archival research; produce various kinds of papers
(reviews, critical, articles, essays).
Course contents
The course will be devoted to the analysis of the history of
science as a specific discipline, through the debates and
initiatives that have marked important moments in the history of
twentieth-century culture, both philosophical and political and
social (such as, for example, discussions among historians and
philosophers of science, or between modernism and postmodernism).
Particular attention will be paid to the analysis of the role of
science and technology in contemporary democracies, and to the
relationship between science and other forms of knowledge
and communication (Philosophy, religion, magic,
literature, art, cinema, comics, etc.).
Readings/Bibliography
M. Ciardi, Terra. Storia di un'idea, Roma, Laterza, 2013.
P. Rossi, Un altro presente. Saggi sulla storia della filosofia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999.
DECKARD (www.rickdeckard.net) see DIDATTICA -> Storiografia
Teaching methods
The teaching method may vary in relation to the number, demands and inclinations of students. It may therefore shift from the traditional lecture to open discussion involving participants, and the presentation of papers
Assessment methods
The exam will consist of a discussion based on a topic chosen by the student.
Only the achievement by the student of an organic vision of the topics discussed in class, and demonstrating ownership of a mastery of expression and specific language will be assessed with a score of excellence.
Teaching tools
Teaching will use power point, both for the specific indication of
themes and works, both for viewing images (artwork, maps, etc.).
There will be a wide consultation of texts and materials on the
Web.
Office hours
See the website of Marco Ciardi