Learning objectives
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Students in this advanced level course will learn to read a philosophy text critically and to compare the Italian translation with the original language text, focusing on vocabulary and those passages that are especially important for comprehending the thought of the writer.<br />Ability to access bibliographical documentation and keep abreast of current debate, including through regular consultation of philosophy journals.<br />Ability to prepare a short critical essay on a philosophical topic or a review of a critical work. The oral examen consists of an independently -preparated essay of the issues covered and discussion of this essay that will be submitted and corrected<br /> <br />before the exam. <br />
Prerequisites
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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.<br />
Knowledge of research techniques and bibliographic documentation.<br />
Regular consultation of the main Italian and foreign philosophy journals to remain up-to-date on contemporary philosophical debate.<br />
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Course unit content
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Advanced degree in Philosophy <br />
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Things and persons, facts and values <br />
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The course aims at examining the ways of investigating – above all in contemporary philosophy – the difference between things and persons on the one hand, between facts and values on the other hand, more generally among different forms, modalities and senses of reality; the course aims also at discussing various argumentations in favour of possible analogies among different forms of reality, especially referring to thought of Husserl, Heidegger, Strawson, Putnam. <br />
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Bibliography
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Course texts (italian translations):<br />
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E. Husserl, Lineamenti di etica formale (1908-1914), a cura di P. Basso e P. Spinicci, Le Lettere, Firenze 2002 <br />
P. F. Strawson, Individui. Un saggio di metafisica descrittiva (1959), Parte Prima, trad. it. Feltrinelli, Milano 1978 <br />
H. Putnam, Fatto/Valore. Fine di una dicotomia (2002), a cura di M. De Caro, Fazi Editore, Roma 2004 </p>
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R. Bernet, I. Kern, E. Marbach, Husserl, il Mulino, Bologna 1992. <br />
V. Costa, E. Franzini, P. Spinicci, La fenomenologia, Einaudi, Torino 2002 <br />
B. Centi, G. Gigliotti, Fenomenologia della ragion pratica. L’etica di Husserl, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2004 <br />
A. Varzi, Ontologia, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005 <br />
F. D’Agostini, N. Vassallo (a cura di), Storia della filosofia analitica, Einaudi, Torino 2002 <br />
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Philosophy Handbook:<br />
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N. Abbagnano-G. Fornero, Protagonisti e testi della Filosofia, Paravia-Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2000. <br />
F. Cioffi e altri, Diàlogos, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2000. </p>
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Histories of Philosophy:<br />
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N. Abbagnano, Storia della filosofia, voll. 3, 4 (in collaborazione con G. Fornero), UTET, Torino 1994. <br />
C. A. Viano, P. Rossi, Storia della filosofia, voll. 4, 5, 6, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1997-1999. <br />
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N. Abbagnano, Dizionario di Filosofia, UTET, Torini 1987 2 <br />
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J. Ritter e altri, Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie, Schwabe, Basel, 1971 – <br />
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Teaching methods
<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Unit B of the History of Philosophy course will provide students in the two-year advanced program the required historical and theoretical background to take un the specific topics in Unit C, that is organised to alternate classroom lectures with seminar work. Through detailed analysis of a major work in the history of thought – the translation of whose key passages are checked against the original text – students will become acquainted with a specific moment in the history of philosophy and the forms of conceptual analysis and argumentation used to take on a series of issues. During the seminars, students will present in-depth readings they have done on their own and will also plan a written work.<br />The oral exam consists of an independently-prepared essay of the issues covered and discussion of this essay that will be submitted and corrected before the exam. <br />
