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).

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student should be able: to master the terminology of the subject; to treat and discuss its distinctive issues at an advanced level; to assimilate the fundamental concepts and arguments used in the presented texts in a critical and personal form.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures; class discussion.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Contents

Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course

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: Heidegger, 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: Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur and Derrida.

Part 2: Hermeneutics and Responsability

The relationship between thought and responsability will be investigated starting from the analysis of texts by Hans Jonas and Hannah Arendt.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Readings/Bibliography

The reading list for this course is available on the Italian version of the web page.