2015/2016

2015/2016

DM270

M-FIL/06 (HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY)

DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 06/05/2016)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

MAGNI SERGIO FILIPPO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Only for students of the Departement of Psychology.

The course introduces the most important theoretical issues of modern and contemporary philosophy, through the study of selected texts and bibliography.

Course Title: Hume, passions and morals.
The course will be an introduction to the view sustained by one of the most important philosopher of the eighteen century, David Hume, about the role of passion and reason in the motivation of actions and about the problem of uniformities or differences in human moral evaluations.

Lectures

For students attending the course:

D. Hume, Ricerca sui principi della morale, in D. Hume, Opere filosofiche vol. 2, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.
D. Hume, Un dialogo, in D. Hume, Opere filosofiche vol. 2, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008
S.F. Magni, Che cos’è il relativismo morale, Roma, Carocci, 2005.
L. Fonnesu-M. Vegetti, Le ragioni della filosofia. Vol 2, La filosofia Moderna, Firenze, Le Monnier, 2008 (il capitolo su Hume).

Other students have to add:
A. Santucci, Introduzione a Hume, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2000.

Oral examination

Oral examination