Knowledge of the main
models of philosophical historiography. Ability to read and understand philosophical and historiographical texts.
According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the
end of the course, will achieve the following
specific learning objectives:
1)
Knowledge and insight
Strengthening of the
knowledge and understanding skills achieved in the first cycle; ability to develop and/or apply
original ideas, in a research context.
2)
Applying knowledge and insight
Ability to apply
knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar
topics, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's
field of study.
3) Judgment
Ability to integrate knowledge
and formulate judgments based on information that is not necessarily complete.
4)
Communication
Ability to communicate one's
knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist
interlocutors.
5)
Learning skills
Ability to carry on research
independently.
A (2 CFU) – On the origins of
philosophical historiography and on some methodological problems.
- M.A. Del Torre, Le origini moderne della storiografia filosofica,
Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1976, pp. 1-141.
- E. Garin, L’unità nella storiografia filosofica e Osservazioni preliminari a una storia della filosofia,
in Idem, La filosofia come sapere storico,
Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1990, pp. 3-17 e 33-86.
- G. Cacciatore, La storiografia filosofica italiana tra storia delle
idee e storia della cultura, in «Rivista di storia della filosofia»,
vol. 56, n. 2, 2001, pp. 205-224.
B (2 CFU) – Philosophy and history of philosophy according
to Ortega y Gasset.
- J. Ortega y Gasset, Origine ed epilogo della filosofia e altri scritti,
Milano, Bompiani, 2002, pp. 1-403 (only pages in Italian, 201 pp.).
C (2 CFU) – The “philosophical conquest” of America: a
reflection on the history of an idea.
- E. O’Gorman, La
invención de América, Città del Messico, Fondo de Cultura Económica,
2010, pp. 11-141 (an italian version of the text will be available on
studium.unict.it).
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
