CODE 98520 ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 2 FILOSOFIA 8455 (L-5) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-FIL/03 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Philosophy of religion developed within Modern-Age thought between the 17th and the 18th centuries, as a reaction to the religious wars in Europe. It acquired the status of academic teaching in the Age of Enlightenment and German Idealism. Nevertheless, its object (a reflection on religion that moves from speculative assumptions) was already studied by Greek philosophy, which developed a rational criticism (based on logos) and applied it to mythical discourse since the Age of Pre-Socratic philosophers. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will learn to define, through a phenomenological and transcendental method, the peculiar nature and structure of the religious experience, independent and different from other domains of the spirit (ethic, aesthetic, metaphysic domain). Students will learn to explain how the independent status of religion is the result of a long, analytical work, and the result of a speculative process which started at the beginning of Modern Age; the outcome of this process is philosophy of religion becoming a unique field of knowledge. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Developing critical thinking towards the religious experience, moving from speculative assumptions, and showing its universal, ecumenic nature. TEACHING METHODS Lessons will be held in presence. Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Only those who attend lessons in presence will be deemed attending students. The teacher, upon specific request by single students, could allow them to access the recordings of the lessons via Teams at the end of the teaching.Those who request lessons are considered not attending-students. Non-attending students are required to add the following book to the indicated program: R. Celada Ballanti, La parabola dei tre anelli. Migrazioni e metamorfosi di un racconto tra Oriente e Occidente, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Roma 2017. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Contents for students who are taking the 6-CFU course Greek premises and modern origins of the Philosophy of Religion The first part of the teaching aims to analyze the premises of the Philosophy of Religion in Greek thought, in particular in the Platonic Euthyphron dialogue, then showing the modern developments of the discipline from Humanism to the Enlightenment. Contents for students who are taking the 9-CFU course Part I: Greek premises and modern origins of the Philosophy of Religion The first part of the teaching aims to analyze the premises of the Philosophy of Religion in Greek thought, in particular in the Platonic Euthyphron dialogue, then showing the modern developments of the discipline from Humanism to the Enlightenment. Part II: The philosophy of Alberto Caracciolo The second part is focused on the philosophy of religion of Alberto Caracciolo. RECOMMENDED READING/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. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ROBERTO CELADA BALLANTI Ricevimento: Thursday 2-3 PM (DAFIST, Philosophy Section via Balbi 4, 2nd floor) Exam Board ROBERTO CELADA BALLANTI (President) FRANCESCO CAMERA GERARDO CUNICO (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START September 20, 2022 Class schedule PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam will take place in oral form, through a dialogue aimed at verify the contents discussed during the course. The expositive ability and the critical reasoning of the student will also be ascertained. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 17/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 10/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 09/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 29/05/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 14/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 06/07/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale 14/09/2023 10:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Attendance is reccomended
