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FIGURES AND PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
The course is preparatory to the study of the history of philosophy. Therefore no special requirements are required
Objectives
Contents The fundamental concepts, figures and themes of the history of philosophy will be presented, with particular reference to the contemporary debate
Extended Syllabus The course will address a series of anthropological themes (evolutionism, the concept of Self), gnoseological (the brain, emotions, feelings, the unconscious, memory, language), ethical-social (the birth of society, loneliness, the good and
the evil, the morality between deontology, utilitarianism and innatism, the freedom of will, conformism, mirror neurons, abortion, euthanasia, transplants, the relationship between man and nature) and existentials (religion, love, private property, justice, happiness, the meaning of life).
Recommended Bibliography 1. R.D. Precht, , Garzanti, Milano (various editions)
2. Lectures notes of the teacher (will be sent to students at the end of the course)
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Frontal lesson; seminar discussion; student reports
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The exam will be written (70 minutes), will focus on the text of R. Precht: «Ma io, chi sono? E, eventualmente, quanti sono?", Garzanti, Milano 2012 (or other editions), as well as on the lecture notes of the teacher, and will consist of 15 open-ended questions: 6 from 2 points, 6 from 4 points, 3 from 6 points.
Each student must reach at least 16 points to pass the written exam.
Those who have passed the written exam with 18 or more of 18, will be able (if they want) to take part in the oral exam, with which they can acquire a maximum of 2 more points.
Who will have obtained 16 or 17 points, must necessarily take the oral exam to get at least 18 points.
Who will have obtained 30 or 30 cum laude, will not have to take the oral exam.
The oral will focus on reports send to the teacher by e-mail.
Whoever wants to, can be content with the written vote, without having to do the oral exam.
The registration of all the exams will however take place on the day of the oral (which will be announced on the day of the written).
If someone wants to refuse the vote and redo the exam, to get a better wish, he must notify the teacher by e-mail before the day of the oral exam. Otherwise the vote of the already written exam will be recorded.
Contacts/More Information Before the written exam:
- Attending students must send to the teacher by e-mail (r.garaventa@unich.it ) three reports on three of the last six chapters of the second part of the book of Precht (chapters 20-21-22-23-24-25 )
- non-attending students must send to the teacher by e-mail (r.garaventa@unich.it ) six reports on the last six chapters of the second part of the book of Precht (chapters 20-21-22-23-24-25).
Who has not sent the reports, can not participate in the written exam.