Learning objectives
By the end of the course, the Student of History of Phenomenology:
He/she will become aware of the centrality that the concept of the world plays within phenomenological analyzes of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger;
2. will have acquired detailed knowledge of the philosophical lexicon. Specifically, it will be payed theoretical and historical attention to the following terms: world, environing world, life-world, world intuition. He/she will improve his/her ability to orientate him/herself within the history of philosophy gaining in-depth knowledge of the way in which way phenomenology addresses the relationship between subject and world;
3. developed the capacity to take a stance on the philosophical issues discussed in class;
4. developed the ability to argue for the supported thesis considering the historical-philosophical context;
5. read and understood autonomously the works of the treated authors. He/she will be able to grasp the key-role played by phenomenology within the history of contemporary philosophy.
Prerequisites
None
Course unit content
The World as Phenomenological Problem
Within the phenomenological research the world is not a mere and inert object of experience but rather a layered and complex horizon: it assumes different meaning and values by virtue of the way through which human being intends and understands it. This determines the constitution of many forms of world, the individuation and description of which carves out space within the investigations developed by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger throughout the Twenties and Thirties of Twenty Century. These are decisive issues attesting not only the effective depth of research-program of the two thinkers but they have obvious and interesting anthropological implications.
Full programme
E. Husserl, Esperienze del mondo. L’essere umano e l’animale, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2022.
M. Heidegger, Concetti fondamentali della metafisica. Mondo - finitezza - solitudine, il melangolo, Genova 1999, pp. 221-349.
Further suggested readings (optional):
A. Cimino e V. Costa (a cura di), Storia della fenomenologia, Carocci, Roma 2012;
A. Fabris, A. Cimino, Heidegger, Carocci Roma 2009;
V. Costa, Husserl, Carocci, Roma 2009;
G. Brand, Mondo, Io e Tempo nei manoscritti inediti di Husserl, Bompiani, Milano 1960;
S. Galanti Grollo, Esistenza e mondo. L’ermeneutica della fatticità in Heidegger (1919-1927), il Poligrafo, Padova 2002.
Bibliography
E. Husserl, Esperienze del mondo. L’essere umano e l’animale, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2022.
M. Heidegger, Concetti fondamentali della metafisica. Mondo - finitezza - solitudine, il melangolo, Genova 1999, pp. 221-349.
Teaching methods
Lectures. Reading, analysis and discussion of the authors' works, written training.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination. The oral examination is aimed to verify: I) command of the topics and of the texts presented in class; II) the ability to contextualize issues within the historical-philosophical reference-horizon
Assessment criteria and assessment thresholds:
30 cum laude: Excellent, excellent solidity of knowledge, excellent expressive properties, excellent understanding of the concepts
30: Very good. Complete and adequate knowledge, well-articulated and correctly expressed
27-29: Good, satisfactory knowledge, essentially correct expression.
24-26: Fairly good knowledge, but not complete and not always correct.
22-23: Generally sufficient knowledge but superficial. Expression is often not appropriate and confused.
18-21: Sufficient. The expression and articulation of the speech show important gaps.
<18: insufficient knowledge or very incomplete, lack of guidance in discipline, expression seriously deficient. Exam failed.
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