Learning objectives
Through the course, students will mature their
their critical, informed and autonomous judgment skills, as well as their
communication and lifelong learning skills. Specifically,
students will develop the following.
knowledge and comprehension skills (1st Dublin Descriptor):
knowledge of authors and/or themes in thought
contemporary historical-philosophical-anthropological thought; ability to understand themes in contemporary historical-philosophical-anthropological thought; initial knowledge of
terminologies and philosophical approaches necessary for the analysis
of contemporary historical-philosophical-anthropological issues;
initial knowledge of debates in contemporary historical-philosophical-anthropological thought. In addition, students will develop
the following skills in the application of acquired knowledge (2nd
Dublin Descriptor): they will be able to express themselves in a clear form, with correct use of texts in contemporary philosophy; they will be able to
able to apply acquired knowledge in interdisciplinary areas;
will be able to contextualize a philosophical concept and/or position;
will be able to develop an inter-disciplinary view of the issues under study.
Finally, students will develop the following.
judgment, communication and continuous learning skills (3rd-4th-5th
Dublin Descriptor): they will be able to critically approach a philosophical topic; they will be able to critically elaborate on a philosophical position and/or argument; they will be able to evaluate
concepts in their relationships, including in an inter-disciplinary sense; will be able to know how to follow the genesis of a problem and/or debate; will be able to communicate orally their
their own knowledge in a clear and complete form; they will be able to reconstruct their own learning path and the skills and
knowledge acquired.
Prerequisites
No one
Course unit content
Course title: "Anthropological-philosophical, ethical and educational perspectives of a 'new' humanism"
The course, along the lines of Michel Serres' suggestions, proposes a historical-critical reflection on the anthropological-philosophical, ethical and educational perspectives in and for which a 'new' non-anthropocentric, non-humanist and non-dualist humanism is taking shape.
Full programme
A 'new' non-anthropocentric, non-humanist, non-dualist humanism is taking shape due to and in the context of 'new' philosophical-ethical-educational perspectives. The Course aims to provide a historical-critical focus on this 'change', specifically following the common thread of Michel Serres' suggestions.
Bibliography
1) M. Serres, "Non è un mondo per vecchi. Perché i ragazzi rivoluzionano il sapere", Bollati Boringhieri, Turin, 2013;
2) M. Serres, "Contro i bei tempi andati", Bollati-Boringhieri, Turin, 2018;
3) M. Serres, "Morale per disobbedienti", Bollati-Boringhieri, Turin, 2019;
4) O. Rignani, "Emergenze 'post-umaniste' dell'umano. Prove di analisi storico-comparativa dal presente al passato e ritorno", Mimesis, Milan, 2014 (up to p. 42)
Teaching methods
Lessons with interactive and problem-based approach
Assessment methods and criteria
The knowledge and ability to understand and apply the
acquired knowledge will be tested through an oral final examination.
Average duration of the exam approximately 10 min. The type of questions is
determined by the aspects of the preparation and training of the
student that are intended to be tested.
In particular, the oral examination aims to verify: 1) the degree of
depth of knowledge; 2) the ability to
comprehension of texts.
The final grade (scale 0-30) is the result of the oral examination.
The oral examination will be evaluated considering three parameters: 1) coherence and accuracy of exposition; 2) critical reasoning skills and autonomy
of judgment; 3) ability to understand and analyze a topic.
The exam is passed if a minimum grade of 18/30 is achieved.
The final grade will be awarded according to the following table: 30 cum laude:
excellent; solid and extensive knowledge of the topics studied,
excellent expressive skills, ability to understand and analyze concepts and/or topics; 30: excellent; complete and adequate knowledge, ability to
analysis/processing excellent, correct and excellently articulated expression skills;
27-29: very good; more than satisfactory knowledge, adequate analysis/elaboration skills, and essentially correct and structured expression skills;
24-26: good; good but not complete knowledge, satisfactory analysis/elaboration skills and not always correct expression skills. 21-23:
fair; fair though superficial knowledge, analysis/elaboration skills sometimes unsatisfactory and/or expression skills sometimes not
appropriate; 18-20: sufficient; acceptable but very
superficial, unsatisfactory analysis/processing ability, ability of
expression often not appropriate; 0-17: insufficient; preparation
has serious gaps in content, lack of
clarity in exposition, inability to understand and analyze themes/topics.
Other information
The topics of contemporary historical-philosophical-anthropological thought can be independently and optionally studied in depth by consulting the following textbook: M. Marianelli-L. Mauro-M. Moschini-G. D'Anna (ed.), "Soul, Body, Relations. History of philosophy from an anthropological perspective," Città Nuova, Rome 2022, vol. 3.
