OVERVIEW

The course develops by three modules: anthropology, philosophy of knowledge, ethics. The main goal is explain the thought of the most important philosophers about the issues and arise the problems there are inside. Also, reading philosophical works gives experience of philosophical skills and allows to learn theme.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

- To orient oneself in the philosophical issues

- To give experience of philosophical skills

TEACHING METHODS

Combination of traditional lectures and textual analysis and discussion, in little and big groups.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course intends to answer to three questions:

1. Who I am?

2. What is truth? 

3. What is right?

The students will think on those issues and will use philosophical skills to find a personal answer.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. Students that will attend the lessons

Indications to three ongoing written texts will be given during the lesson.

To final oral exam, choose one of these works:

- PLATONE, Fedone

- ARISTOTELE, Etica Nicomachea

- AGOSTINO, Contro gli Accademici 

- TOMMASO D'AQUINO, L'ente e l'essenza

- R. DESCARTES, Meditazioni metafisiche

- I. KANT, Fondazione della metafisica dei costumi 

- S. KIERKEGAARD, La malattia mortale

- F. NIETZSCHE, Così parlò Zarathustra 

- E. HUSSERL, La filosofia come scienza rigorosa 

- M. HEIDEGGER, Lettera sull'umanesimo

- H. ARENDT, Vita activa 

B. Students that will not attend the lessons: 

Works to study:

1. A. MODUGNO, Appassionati alla realtà. Percorsi di apprendistato filosofico, Armando, Roma, 2011

2. Choose two of these works:

- A. CAMPODONICO, L’uomo. Lineamenti di antropologia filosofica, Rubettino, 2013

- J-M. BESNIER, Teorie della conoscenza, Rubettino, 2013

- A. DA RE, Filosofia morale. Storia, teorie, argomenti, Mondadori, 2008

3.Choose one of these works:

- PLATONE, Fedone

- ARISTOTELE, Etica Nicomachea

- AGOSTINO, Contro gli Accademici 

- TOMMASO D'AQUINO, L'ente e l'essenza

- R. DESCARTES, Meditazioni metafisiche

- I. KANT, Fondazione della metafisica dei costumi 

- S. KIERKEGAARD, La malattia mortale

- F. NIETZSCHE, Così parlò Zarathustra 

- E. HUSSERL, La filosofia come scienza rigorosa 

- M. HEIDEGGER, Lettera sull'umanesimo

- H. ARENDT, Vita activa 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNA ANTONIAZZI (President)

ALESSANDRA MODUGNO (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Start of class: 5th October 2016

End of class: 1st December 2016

Class schedule

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

A. Students that will attend the lessons

Three ongoing written text and final oral exam

B. Students that will not attend the lessons 

Oral exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

A. Ongoing written texts to students that attended the lessons

Each written text aims at verify skill's level mastery.

B. Oral exam to every students

Oral exam aims at verify:

1. subject's knoledge  

2. issues understanding, connecting and contextualizing

3. infering, debating, personal reworking

Exam schedule