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73085 - History of Contemporary Philosophy (2) (LM)

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Francesco Cerrato
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        M-FIL/06
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Philosophical Sciences (cod. 8773)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The course of History of Contemporary Philosophy 2 aims at widening and exploring in-depth the same arguments and problems treated in the course of History of Contemporary Philosophy 1. Through the reading of texts and the involvement of students for comments and interpretations, the course focuses on the central themes that characterize twentieth century philosophy and culture. The aim is to encourage the acquisition of tools useful to understand some of the most important philosophical works of our time, as to increase the students’ critical capacity and awareness.

Course contents

The philosophy of Henri Bergson

Bergson is one of the most important figures of European philosophy between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century. The course will be fully dedicated to analyze his thought through a critical reading of some of his most relevant writings.

As part of the course, Dr. Giovanni Zanotti will hold the seminar "Bergson e Freud sulla natura del comico". The seminar programme is available at the webpage https://virtuale.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=20314)

Class schedule

Starting date: march 22, 2022

Second semester, 4th period: Mon. h. 11-13 (on-line); Tue. h. 13-15 (on-line); Wed. h. 11-13 (on-line).

Readings/Bibliography

H. Bergson, Saggio sui dati immediati della coscienza (1896), Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano, 2002

H. Bergson, Materia e memoria. Saggio sulla relazione tra il corpo e lo spirito (1896), Laterza, Roma-Bari 1996

H. Bergson, L’evoluzione creatrice (1907), BUR, Milano, 2012

Those who attend the seminar Bergson e Freud sulla natura del comico" held by Dr. Giovanni Zanotti have to study only two of the three books in Bibliography.

Suggested reading:

Rocco Ronchi, Bergson : una sintesi, Milano, Marinotti, 2011

The non attending students have to prepare also Rocco Ronchi, Bergson : una sintesi, Milano, Marinotti, 2011 as an obligatory reading.

Teaching methods

Ex cathedra 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

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Cerrato