HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE RENAISSANCE
cod. 1005328

Academic year 2013/14
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Storia della filosofia (M-FIL/06)
Field
Storia della filosofia
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

Adequate Knowledge of Renaissance philosophical thought, with special regard to moral concepts; understanding and analysis of Neo-Stoic and Neo-sceptic philosophical texts (I Dublin descriptor);
Application of the argumentative techniques developed by ancient and late-medieval philosophy to contemporary problems (II descriptor);
Ability of arguing and communicating about the philosophical concepts examined during the course, and of developing them autonomously (III, IV, V descriptor)

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course will take into account XVIth century philosophical doctrines of Neo-Stoicism and Neo-Scepticism

Full programme

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Bibliography

Supplied at the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

The course will be in the form of lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on an oral exam, in which the individual competence of the student will be assessed, together with his/her performance during the reading of the texts in class.

Other information

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