CODE 84299 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 2 FILOSOFIA 8455 (L-5) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/05 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 1° Semester OVERVIEW The course is an introduction to the fundamental notions of analytic philosophy such as the distinction between necessary truths and contingent truths, the distinction between analytic truths and synthetic truths, and the distinction between a priori truths and a posteriori truths. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Introduction to the basics and the methodology of analytical philosophy focusing on the question: "What do analytical philosophers do and how?". The course is centered on three fundamental distinctions in philosophy: (i) analytic / synthetic, (ii) a priori / a posteriori, (iii) necessary / contingent. The purpose of the course is to provide students with the indispensable tools for approaching autonomous reading and studying of essays in analytic philosophy. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Introduction to the basics and the methodology of analytical philosophy focusing on the question: "What do analytical philosophers do and how?". The course is centered on three fundamental distinctions in philosophy: (i) analytic / synthetic, (ii) a priori / a posteriori, (iii) necessary / contingent. The purpose of the course is to provide students with the indispensable tools for approaching autonomous reading and studying of essays in analytic philosophy. TEACHING METHODS Lecture-style instruction SYLLABUS/CONTENT 1 What do philosophers do? 2 Conceptual analysis 2.1 Russell: the theory of definite descriptions 2.1.1. Referential uses, improper descriptions and incomplete descriptions 2.1.2 Inference rules 2.1.3 A famous case of violation of the rules of inference 2.2 Frege: logicism 2.2.1 The failure of logicism 2.3 Analysis of the meaning: the justification of the deduction 2.3 .1 Dummett against the classical conditions of truth 3 Logical empiricism: verificationism and analytics 4 Quine's critique of the two dogmas of empiricism 5 Kripke: reference and necessity RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY The bibliography will be provided to students during the course. The entire bibliography will be downloadable from aulaweb. The teacher uses his own coursepack. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MASSIMILIANO VIGNOLO Exam Board MASSIMILIANO VIGNOLO (President) MARCELLO FRIXIONE VALERIA OTTONELLI LESSONS LESSONS START September 27, 2017 Class schedule CONCEPTS AND METHODOS OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Students can choose between written test or oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS Students can choose between written test or oral exam Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 08/01/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 22/01/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 12/02/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 21/05/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 04/06/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 18/06/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 02/07/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale 10/09/2018 10:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Office hours for students: monday, h13-15
