HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2017/2018
Regulations
DM270
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
PHILOSOPHY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)
ECTS
12
Language
Italian
Prerequisites
No specific qualification or knowledge is required, but those who sit only the exam of History of Early Modern Philosophy -b should demonstrate a basic understanding of the philosophical thought of the XV-XVIII centuries.
Learning outcomes
The course introduces to the major theoretical issues and significant currents of philosophical modern thought, through the study of selected texts and the related literature.
This course will be also focused on a theme, a text or an author of particular importance for early modern philosophy, and will explore it through a critical analysis of works, of methodological issues and of the most important interpretations.
Course contents
First part (-a):
The first part of the course will be devoted to illustrate the most important tendencies, topics and figures of the philosophy of the XV-XVIII centuries.

Second part (-b):
A reading of Vico's New Science.

This course is at a monographic level, i.e. is focused on a single author. It aims at reading and interpreting the most significant excerpts of the work by Giambattista Vico.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
First part (-a):
G. Cambiano, L. Fonnesu, M. Mori (eds.), Storia della filosofia occidentale, Florence, Il Mulino, 2014; vol. II, pp. 259 sgg.; vol. III (full)
Students can agree with the teacher the use of different guidebooks.


Second part (-b):
G. Vico, La Scienza Nuova. Le tre edizioni del 1725, 1730 e 1744, Bompiani, Milano 2012;
L. Amoroso, Introduzione alla Scienza Nuova di Vico, ETS, Pisa 2011.
Assessment methods
Written test and oral examination.
The examination on the first part of the course will consist in a written test to be taken before the oral examination on the second part. In order to take part to the written examination, students will need to sign in on the Professor's web page.
Further information
Written test and oral examination.
The examination on the first part of the course will consist in a written test to be taken before the oral examination on the second part. In order to take part to the written examination, students will need to sign in on the Professor's web page.


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