HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

The course analyzes authors and themes of modern and contemporary philosophy, in particular to some methodological, scientific and historiographical problems. The course will analyze a more specific monographic theme as a case study of the general theoretical line. The aim is to provide students with the basic contents of the modern and contemporary historical-philosophical debate, in particular the problems concerning the human sciences and their methodological articulation, and the ability to read philosophical texts.

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will achieve the following specific learning objectives:

1)   Knowledge and insight.

The students possess the basic understanding of the historical development of philosophy, know the major currents of thought and the work and critical reflection of the major representatives of the philosophy of the early modern and modern age until the 20^th century, and understand the theses set out in two philosophical texts, using specific language.

2)   Applying knowledge and insight.

The students can address philosophical issues and problems starting from their historical contextualization, opening to the possibility of referring them to contemporaneity and therefore to the understanding and resolution of problems within their own field of study and research, and beyond.

3)   Judgment.

The students possess the ability to develop their own judgment on the major philosophical themes dealt with and can autonomously interpret the reflections present in the philosophical texts.

4)   Communication.

The students are aware of how to present and communicate, both orally and in writing, the contents of the course and the critical reflections that start from it, reasoning logically and using the specific vocabulary of the discipline in an adequate manner.

5)   Learning skills.

The students can actively participate in educational dialogue, enhancing the capacity for critical reflection on the development of their training path.

A – Methodological problems (1 CFU).

B – Philosophy and science from Renaissance to XX Century (6 CFU).

C – Philosophy, history, worldviews in Dilthey and Husserl (2 CFU).

A - E. Cassirer, Introduzione alla Storia della filosofia moderna, vol. IV: I sistemi posthegeliani, Torino, Einaudi, 1978, tomo I, pp. 13-39.

B - N. Abbagnano, G. Fornero, La filosofia e l’esistenza, Torino, Pearson Italia – Paravia, 2021, voll. 2-3; M. Dal Pra, Storia della filosofia, Milano, Vallardi, 1976 sgg., voll. VII-X; or: L. Geymonat, Storia del pensiero filosofico e scientifico, Milano, Garzanti, 1972 sgg., voll. II-XI (600 pp.)

C - W. Dilthey, La dottrina delle visioni del mondo, in Id., La dottrina delle visioni del mondo. Trattati per la filosofia della filosofia, Napoli, Guida, 1998, pp. 295-356; E. Husserl, La filosofia come scienza rigorosa, Roma/Bari, Laterza, 2000, pp. 1-106.

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