Learning objectives
Knowledge of the type of problems and the method of approaching them in philosophy in relation to precise historical and cultural contexts.
Within the context of the outlook offered in this course, knowledge of contemporary philosophical issues, both in terms of their historical genesis as well as their current relevance.
Ability to orient oneself in the principal issues of the history of philosophy thanks to direct knowledge of the classics based on reading of the works. Ability to read works in at least one foreign language. Basic knowledge of the Greek and German philosophical lexicon.
Knowledge of research techniques and bibliographic documentation.
Regular consultation of the main Italian and foreign philosophy journals to remain up-to-date on contemporary philosophical debate.
The Italian translation will be checked and corrected through comparison with the critical German edition.
Course unit content
Being, Reality, Existence
The course aims to provide a critical examination of the relations between philosophy and psychology, with particular regard to the concepts of man and of human life in the work of Husserl (Ideen II), and with particular regard to the relations among metaphysics, phenomenology and psychopatology in works of Jaspers and Binswanger.
Bibliography
E. Husserl, Idee per una fenomenologia pura e per una filosofia fenomenologica vol. II (1952), trad. it. di E. Filippini, rev. a cura di V. Costa, Einaudi, Torino 2002, Libro terzo.
L. Binswanger, Sulla fenomenologia, in Per un’antropologia fenomenologica, trad. it. di E. Filippini, Feltrinelli, Milano 2007, pp. 5-38.
L. Binswanger, Ringraziamento a Edmund Husserl, in Ludwig Binswanger. Esperienza della soggettività e trascendenza dell’altro. I margini di un’esplorazione fenomenologico-psichiatrica, a cura di S. Besoli, Quodlibet, Macerata 2006, pp. 15-22.
L. Binswanger, Sul rapporto tra la fenomenologia di Husserl e la conoscenza psicologica, in ivi, pp. 23-40.
L. Binswanger, Karl Jaspers e la psichiatria, in ivi, pp. 41-57.
K. Jaspers, Scritti psicopatologici, trad. it. a cura di S. Achella, A. Donise, Guida, Napoli 2004.
FINE TESTI ESAME
Per l’inquadramento storico e l’approfondimento:
V. Costa, Husserl, Carocci, Roma 2009
R. Bernet, E. Mahrbach, I. Kern, Husserl, il Mulino, Bologna
G. Cantillo, Introduzione a Jaspers, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2001
A. Ales Bello, Binswanger erede di Husserl, in Ludwig Binswanger. Esperienza della soggettività e trascendenza dell’altro. I margini di un’esplorazione fenomenologico-psichiatrica, a cura di S. Besoli, Quodlibet, Macerata 2006, pp. 261-282.
U. Galimberti, Ludwig Binswanger e l’analisi esistenziale fenomenologicamente fondata, in ivi, pp. 481-500.
U. Galimberti, Psichiatria e fenomenologia, Milano, Feltrinelli 2000
M. Rossi Monti, Psichiatria e fenomenologia, Loescher, Torino 1978
M. Armezzani (a cura di), Fenomenologia e psicologia, Angeli, Milano, 1990
L. Mecacci, Storia della psicologia del Novecento, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2002
D. Cargnello, Alterità e alienità, Feltrinelli, Milano 1977
G. P. Lombardo, F. Fiorelli, Binswanger e Freud: malattia mentale e teoria della personalità, Boringhieri, Torino 1984
Achenbach Gerd, La consulenza filosofica, Milano, Apogeo, 2004
• Dal Lago Alessandro, Il business del pensiero. La consulenza filosofica tra cura di sé e terapia degli altri, Milano, Manifestolibri, 2007
• Galimberti Umberto, La casa di psiche. Dalla psicoanalisi alla pratica filosofica, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2005
• Pollastri Neri, Il pensiero e la vita, Milano, Apogeo, 2004
• Pollastri Neri, Consulente filosofico cercasi, Milano, Apogeo, 2007
• Raabe Peter, Teoria e pratica della consulenza filosofica, Milano, Apogeo, 2006
• Rovatti Pier Aldo, La filosofia può curare? La consulenza filosofica in questione, Milano, Cortina, 2006
• Sautet Marc, Socrate al caffè, Milano, Ponte alle Grazie, 1997
• Shlomit C. Schuster, La pratica filosofica. Una alternativa al counseling psicologico e alla psicoterapia, tr. it. a cura di F. Cirri, Apogeo, Milano 2006.
Teaching methods
The course syllabus has been designed to develop the conceptual analysis of the proposed topic with direct reference to the writings of the authors examined, including through readings and discussion. Conceptual analysis is aimed at clarifying the problem, the arguments offered and the conclusion developed by each author, with special attention given his interlocutors and critical debate of which he was part or gave rise to. The historical context in which each author developed his own views is constantly referred to. In addition, works that (although not part of the final exam) are important for understanding the theoretical and historical relevance of the arguments covered, will be presented briefly. These works, such as critical essays, are made available to students who wish to study in more depth the arguments covered in the classroom.
At the start of the course students are informed that they will be required to produce a written work that may be: 1) a review of the principal arguments of one of the authors covered on the basis of first-hand reading of a work; 2) a discussion of one of the arguments presented during the course.
Seminars for the reading and discussion of one of the texts presented as part of the course syllabus will be organised, as well as seminars in which students will present their written work. During lectures, students are asked to reflect upon a number of especially important issues and to offer their own explanations of read passages and interpretation of views. This also promotes independent thinking on the part of the student through questions and reading assignments.
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation is based on ascertaining the student’s ability to comprehend and correctly present the principal topics and arguments covered during the course, the historical questions covered and the ability to grasp dilemmas and problematic aspects in the philosophical positions discussed.
Students will be asked to prepare an essay of their choice that examines one of the major topics focused on during course seminars.
