Unit THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY
- Course
- Philosophy and psychological science and techniques
- Study-unit Code
- 40990406
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Marco Casucci
- Teachers
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- Marco Casucci
- Giancarlo Marchetti (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 36 ore - Marco Casucci
- 0 ore (Codocenza) - Giancarlo Marchetti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline filosofiche
- Academic discipline
- M-FIL/01
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- A course through nothingness: Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger
- Reference texts
- A. Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Dover, last ed.
F. Nietzsche, The Gay Science, Dover, last ed.
M. Heidegger, What is Metaphysics?, in Pathmarks, Cambridge Un. Press, last ed. - Educational objectives
- The course aims to develop the aptitude for reading and interpreting philosophical texts read. This teaching aims to provide the theoretical cores of the topics covered and and the acquisition of critical judgment
- Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand the course, students must have the basic notions of contemporary philosophical thought.
This precondition is valid both for attending and not attending students - Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:
Lectures face-to-face will deal with the issues related to the interpretation of texts read - Learning verification modality
- The examination includes only the final oral test consisting of a discussion-interview on the topics discussed during the course and examined in-depth through recommended texts.The text aims at assuring the level of knowledge and critical understanding, as well as synthesis achieved by the student. Moreover, this interview, verify that the student is able to communicate, with method, linguistic-philosophical appropriateness, and exposure, what he has acquired. The duration of the test varies depending on the performance of the test itself
- Extended program
- The course aims at investigating the idea fo nihil as it as been thought through Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Heidegger, trying to highlight differences an similarities between each other.