HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY II

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FS4251

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FORLIVESI Marco

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

114

Prerequisites:

It is advisable to have already acquired the basic notions provided in the teaching of History of Philosophy I.

Objectives

1) Educational objectives.
The teaching of History of Philosophy II aims to contribute, within the course of study, to a solid formation in the historical-philosophical and critical field.

2) Expected learning outcomes.
2.1) Knowledge: knowledge of the development of the history of medieval and renaissance philosophy.
2.2) Skills: the ability to expose the aforementioned knowledge.
2.3) Autonomy of judgment: the ability to critically examine the historical evolution of philosophical questions; the ability to critically examine the interaction and historical evolution of different cultural perspectives.

Contents

In the context of the teaching of History of Philosophy II it will be presented the philosophical doctrines developed by the interaction between Greek thought and the main religions of the Mediterranean area in the period between the late antiquity and the formation of the renaissance culture.

Extended Syllabus

- Recapitulation of the history of pagan late antique philosophy.
- History of late Christian, Greek and Latin philosophy.
- History of Western philosophical and theological culture in Carolingian and Ottonian times.
- History of Western philosophy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
- History of the Arab philosophical and theological culture from the 8th to the 12th century.
- History of Jewish philosophical and theological culture in the Middle Ages.
- The gradual return of the texts of classical pagan culture from the second half of the twelfth century.
- The Western philosophical and theological thought of the twelfth century.
- The Western philosophical and theological thought of the first half of the thirteenth century.
- Overview of Western philosophical and theological thought of the second half of the 13th century.
- Overview of Western philosophical and theological thought of the fourteenth century.
- Overview of Western philosophical and theological thought of the fifteenth century.

Recommended Bibliography

The program of History of Philosophy II is divided into a program for attending students and a program for non-attending students.

ATTENDING students are required to study one or more university handbooks dedicated to the development of the thought from the late antiquity to the threshold of the renaissance.
In order to prepare the related examination, the following texts are indicated (they are alternative to one another).
- Étienne GILSON, La filosofia nel Medioevo. Dalle origini patristiche alla fine del XIV secolo. Qualsiasi ristampa (es.: Milano: Rizzoli, 2011).
- Sofia VANNI ROVIGHI, Storia della filosofia medievale. Dalla patristica al secolo XIV, a cura di Pietro B. Rossi, Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 2011.
- Pietro ROSSI - Carlo Augusto VIANO, Storia della filosofia, vol. 2, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1994.
- Other university level handbooks can be agreed with the teacher.
Further materials will be made available in the "materiali didattici" section of the website of the Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences.

NON-ATTENDING studens are required to study a manual dedicated to the development of thought from the late antiquity to the modern age.
Il programma per NON FREQUENTANTI prevede lo studio di un manuale dedicato allo sviluppo del pensiero dall’età tardo-antica all’età moderna.
In order to prepare the related examination, the following text is indicated.
- Costantino ESPOSITO - Pasquale PORRO, Filosofia, vol. 1 “Antica e medievale” and vol. 2 “Moderna”, Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2009 (or a subsequent reprint). Vol. 1 must be studied starting from ch. 7; vol. 2 must be studied in its entirety.

Teaching Methods

Classroom lectures and seminars.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam or written exam, according to the choice of the student.

Nature of the oral exam.
- The oral exam can be sustained by the student of the cohort on the occasion of every appeal to which he can legitimately enroll.
- The oral examination takes the form of questions asked by the examiner to the candidate.
- The candidate will be evaluated on the quantity and precision of the knowledge that he is expected to have learned, on his ability to expose it and on his ability to critically examine the historical evolution, also in the dimension of the interaction between different cultural perspectives.
- The evaluation is expressed in a grade out of thirty.
- Incoming students in international mobility can take the oral exam in English.

Nature of the written test.
- The written test can be sustainted by the cohort student in a single date, which will be communicated separately.
- The written test has the form of a multiple choice test.
- The candidate will be evaluated on his ability to understand the possibile answers and to choose the correst ones; the test is arranged in order to evaluate the precision and accuracy of the knowledge of the student and his capability to examine critically the historical evolution of thought, also in the dimension of the interaction between different cultural perspectives .
- The evaluation is expressed in a grade out of thirty.
- Further details on the written test, the way to calculate the final grade, date and time of the test, will be published in the "materiali didattici" section of the website of the Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences.

Contacts/More Information

No signatures are collected during the lessons. The qualification of "attending" or "not attending" student is left to the free and responsible assessment and decision of the student, who will declare his status on the occasion of the examination. It should be noted, however, that the texts of Gilson and Vanni Rovighi bear a significant theoretical bend; in order to be aware of this aspect of the texts and to develop a correct historiographic methodology, the frequency of lessons is advisable.

Receiving ordinarily takes place in the days and times indicated in the document published on the website of the Department of Philosophical, Pedagogical and Economic-Quantitative Sciences. Nonetheless, it is strongly recommended to ask for an appointment by e-mail, briefly presenting the question to be submitted to the teacher. The teacher is available to agree to reception hours different from the standard ones.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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