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PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of the vocabulary of philosophy, which may be acquired on secondary school philosophy manuals, is assumed as a prerequisite.
Objectives Contents The course programme focuses on the origin and development of the new science of human being emerging in the seventeenth century, when his metaphysical image begins progressively to weaken. Modern anthropology shows the abandonment of this perspective, first of all in the work of Descartes, which highlights the will to locate man inside the picture originating from the development of natural sciences. Subsequently, the anthropology of John Locke brings to the fore the idea of human beings as a being endowed with reason, which they can and must develop. This is a limited reason, which must be achieved throughout history.
Extended Syllabus The course programme is divided into two parts. In the first part (3 CFU), the rise of a new science of man in the works of seventeenth-century philosophers such as Hobbes, Descartes and Locke will be considered. Some pages of Descartes' "The passions of the soul " will be analysed, so as to illustrate his idea of this science.
Recommended Bibliography R. Descartes, "The passions of the soul and other late philosophical writings", OUP 2005 (or any other edition);
Further reading:
A. Gehlen, "Man. His nature and Place in the World", Columbia University Press 1988 (or any other edition);
J. de Mul, "Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology. Perspectives and Projects", Amsterdam University Press 2014.
N. Sesardic, "Race: a social destruction of a biological concept", Biology and Philosophy (2010), pp. 143–162.
Methods of Provision Teaching Methods Frontal lessons, lectures and talks by experts of the area, teamworks.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess the students’ skills and in particular their understanding of the issues discussed during the course, their knowledge of the bibliography in the reading list, the correct command of the specific language as well as of critical and methodological abilities. The grading scale ranges from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent. An optional individual or group project focusing on the content of the course will be taken into consideration when attributing the final mark.
Contacts/More Information The syllabus and reading list are the same for non-attending students, to whom further reading is recommended.giulianadibiase@unich.it
