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Degree course in
Philosophical studies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY
cod. 1004605

Academic year 2012/13
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Filosofia teoretica (M-FIL/01)
Field
Storia della filosofia e istituzioni di filosofia
Type of training activity
Basic
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Integrated course unit module: PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

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Learning objectives

Ability to analyze and formulate philosophical arguments; Knowledge of the most important epistemological positions and of different approaches to philosophy.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course is an introduction to the problem of the foundation of knowledge in a double perspective: at one hand we will discuss different epistemological positions, from skepticism to antifoundationalism, at the other hand we will focus not only at the positions presented, but also at the way in which the arguments are presented and at the methods developed in different philosophical traditions.

Full programme

The extended program can be found at http://lea.unipr.it

Bibliography

Various passages from texts from Plato, Sextus Empiricsu, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Brentano, Husserl, and Putnam.

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussions in class.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral exam

Other information

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