- Docente: Francesco Cerrato
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-FIL/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geography and Territorial Processes (cod. 0971)
Learning outcomes
The student learns to assimilate the complex notions of time and space, through the study and the analysis of philosophical texts of the modern age. In particular, the study of the cultures concerning travel and strangeness and the ontological and gnoseological problems connected with the debate on the existence of the outer world and the perception of distance, will constitute the fundamental part of the course.
Course contents
Space and Time: Categories of Modern Science
The course investigates the concepts of time and space in philosophy and culture, from the XVIIth to the XIXth century, with particular attention to the modern scientific thought.
Readings/Bibliography
1. Texts that are discussed in class and made available online as didactic material.
2.M. Ciardi, Terra : storia di un'idea, Roma – Bari, Laterza, 2013
3. P. Redondi, Storie del tempo, Roma, Laterza, 2007
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
The final oral exam focuses on the programme’s material and will be held in the Professor’s office, Via Zamboni, 38.
The critical evaluation considers the fundamental notions, the level of the analysis and the critical skills. On the basis of these three principal parameters an overall evaluation in thirtieths is expressed.
18-21 Sufficient
22-25 Average
26-28 Good-Very Good
29-30 Excellent
Teaching tools
During the lessons, powerpoint program will be used.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Cerrato