2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

PHILOSOPHY

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

12

Italian

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.

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.

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):
Descartes' Discourse on the Method
The second part of the course is at a monographic level, i.e. is focused on a single author. It aims at reading and interpreting Descartes's text, considered to be one of the primary sources of Early Modern philosophical thought.

Lectures

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):
1. R. Descartes, Discorso sul metodo, a cura di E. Mazza, introduzione di C. Borghero, Einaudi, Torino 2014.

2. A text chosen between:
A. Baillet, Vita di Monsieur Descartes, Adelphi, Milano 1996;
E. Garin, Vita e opere di Cartesio, Einaudi , Torino 2014;
S. Nadler, Il filosofo, il sacerdote e il pittore. Un ritratto di Descartes, Einaudi, Torino 2014;
G. Rodis-Lewis, Cartesio. Una biografia, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1997.

3. Those students who should not be able to attend classes will be required as further reading one of the following books:
J. Cottingham, Cartesio, Il Mulino, Bologna 1991;
G. Crapulli, Introduzione a Descartes, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2013;
G. Mori, Cartesio, Carocci, Roma 2010.

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.

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.