LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

Addressing the complex topic of understanding and interpreting as an independent philosophical problem. Learning how to read correctly philosophical texts (with special attention to the classics of western philosophical tradition) through different approaches to texts (literal vs. allegorical method, authorial intent principle, historical contextualization, problematization).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Contents

Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course

Topic: Understanding as a philosophical problem
The course will outline the main features of the complex phenomena of understanding and interpreting in a hermeneutic perspective; it will refer especially to the text-centered approach (in authors such as Schleiermacher and Dilthey) and the philosophers who outgrew it: Heiddeger, Gadamer, Ricoeur and Derrida.

Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course

Part 1: Understanding as a philosophical problem
The course will outline the main features of the complex phenomena of understanding and interpreting in a hermeneutic perspective; it will refer especially to the text-centered approach (in authors such as Schleiermacher and Dilthey) and the philosophers who outgrew it: Heiddeger, Gadamer, Ricoeur and Derrida.

Part 2: Understanding the self and the idea of good

The second part of the course will study in depth the phenomenon of understanding in relation to the quest for a meaningful life, both in an individual and community perspective. In this context, particular importance will be placed on Gadamer's work on the idea of good in platonic-aristotelian tradition.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Readings/Bibliography

The reading list for this course, together with the lecturer's suggestions and instructions are available on the Italian version of the web page.