THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY
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Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-FIL/01 (THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
PHILOSOPHY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (25/02/2019 - 05/06/2019)
ECTS
12
Lesson hours
72 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
VANZAGO LUCA (titolare) - 6 ECTS
BORUTTI SILVANA - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
None
Learning outcomes
The lecture course introduces students to the study of the main modern and contemporary conceptions of the plural dimension of the cognitive relationship. A particular attention is devoted to the notions of concept, of linguistic and imaginative representation and of truth. Lessons take place as a guide to the direct analysis of philosophical texts and to the use of the relevant secondary texts.
Course contents
Programme for students who follow or do not follow the lectures

Part one
Reflection and method in philosophy
The lecture course will concern the origin of the problem of philosophy and will discuss the problem of the philosophical method.

Texts
Subjects and texts that will be analyzed during the lectures:

1. The reflexive beginning of philosophy: thaumazein, epoche, doubt:
S. Borutti, Filosofia e scena primaria: figure dell’inizio, “Paradigmi”, 55, 2001, pp. 7-21.
2, Skepsis. The skepticism as an auto-refutation of philosophical realism:
G. Preti, Lo scetticismo e il problema della conoscenza, “Rivista critica di storia della filosofia”, I, 1974, pp. 3-21 (The pages 22-31 and the second part of this article in “Rivista critica di storia della filosofia”, II, 1974, pp. 123-143 are an optional reading).
3. Descartes. The methodical doubt and the research of an internal criterion of knowledge:
R. Descartes, Discorso sul metodo, in Opere, Mondadori Editore, Milano 1986, Parte I, II, III, IV, Quarta, pp. 149-173.
R. Descartes, Meditazioni metafisiche, in Opere, cit., First Meditation, pp. 211-215, e Second Meditation, pp. 216-223.
4. Hegel. The distance between the “natürliche Vorstellung” and the “reales Wissen”:
G. W. F. Hegel, Fenomenologia dello spirito, La Nuova Italia, Firenze 1963, I vol., Introduction, pp. 65-78.
5. Husserl. The natural attitude and the philosophical attitude:
E. Husserl, Idee per una fenomenologia fenomenologia pura e una filosofia fenomenologica, Einaudi, Torino 1965, L. I, §§ 27-32, pp. 57-67.

Second Part

Husserl and the science of phenomena.

This section of the course discusses monographically a fundamental theme of the philosophical tradition. The course focuses on the notions of phenomenon, manifestation and manifestativity, along the lines of the project outlined in the preceding academic year. This year, the course focuses on Husserl's phenomenological doctrine, by discussing its main themes in the light of Husserl's latest systematical outline, contained in the Cartesian Meditations, a text that has influenced the whole subsequent reception of Husserl's philosophy. The main questions of Husserl's doctrine will be examined: the phenomenological and transcendental reduction, the conception of the transcendental Ego, temporality, passivity, genetic phenomenology, the issues related to the notions of alterity and intersubjective community.
Teaching methods
Lectures

The teacher presents the main concepts contained in the texts analyzed in class, and critically discusses the meaning with the aim of outlining its implications.

The students must gain the capacity to see the implications of the ideas discussed in class and develop a personal attitude toward philosophical reflection.
Reccomended or required readings
Part one

Introductory text:

S. Borutti - L. Vanzago, Lezioni di Filosofia, Carocci, Roma 2017.

Compulsory texts:

G. Preti, Lo scetticismo e il problema della conoscenza, “Rivista critica di storia della filosofia”, I, 1974, pp. 3-21 (The pages 22-31 and the second part of this article in “Rivista critica di storia della filosofia”, II, 1974, pp. 123-143 are an optional reading).
R. Descartes, Discorso sul metodo, in Opere, Mondadori Editore, Milano 1986, Parte Prima, Seconda, Terza, Quarta, pp. 149-173.
R. Descartes, Meditazioni metafisiche, in Opere, cit., Prima Meditazione, pp. 211-215, e Seconda Meditazione, pp. 216-223.
G. W. F. Hegel, Fenomenologia dello spirito, La Nuova Italia, Firenze 1963, I vol., Introduzione, pp. 65-78.
E. Husserl, Idee per una fenomenologia pura e una filosofia fenomenologica, Einaudi, Torino 1965, L. I, §§ 27-32, pp. 57-67.

Part two

Introductory text:

Choose between the two following books:

V. Costa, Husserl, Carocci 2009
D. Zahavi, La fenomenologia di Husserl, Rubbettino 2011.

Main text:

E. Husserl, Meditazioni cartesiane, trad. it. a cura di A. Altobrando, Orthotes 2017.

Further reading:

L. Vanzago, Coscienza e alterità, Mimesis 2009.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.

The exam is aimed at verifying the student's preparation and autonomous reflection skills and critical re-elaboration of the topics dealt with. It is divided into two parts: the first concerns the themes of the first section of the course, institutional, while the second one is devoted to discussing the issues discussed during the monographic section of the course.
Further information
Oral examination.

The exam is aimed at verifying the student's preparation and autonomous reflection skills and critical re-elaboration of the topics dealt with. It is divided into two parts: the first concerns the themes of the first section of the course, institutional, while the second one is devoted to discussing the issues discussed during the monographic section of the course.
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