Unit PARADIGMS OF THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT AND ETHICS OF RESEARCH

Course
Assessment of individual functioning in clinical and health psychology
Study-unit Code
A005958
Curriculum
Curriculum i
Teacher
Serena Meattini
Teachers
  • Serena Meattini
  • Emanuele Pili (Codocenza)
  • Denise Vincenti (Codocenza)
Hours
  • 18 ore - Serena Meattini
  • 2 ore (Codocenza) - Emanuele Pili
  • 16 ore (Codocenza) - Denise Vincenti
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2026
Offered
2026/27
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector
PHIL-05/A
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
History of Scientific Thought; Ethics and Scientific Research
Reference texts
Selection of pages from: Evandro Agazzi, L’oggettività scientifica e i suoi contesti (2014), chapters 1, 2 and 5 - A. M. De Caro-S. F. Magni -M. S. Vaccarezza, Le sfide dell'etica, Mondadori, Milano 2025, edizione ampliata (limitatamente alle parti indicate a lezione);
S. Bonicalzi, Rethinking moral responsibility, Mimesis 2019.
Educational objectives
The student is expected to develop a critical awareness of the main paradigms that have shaped the development of scientific thought, as well as of the epistemological foundations of scientific inquiry, with particular attention to issues related to moral responsibility. The course aims at: the acquisition of both philosophical and historical-scientific content within an interdisciplinary framework; the ability to read and interpret selected texts; and the development of critical, interpretative, and analytical skills.
Prerequisites
Basic philosophical concepts
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars.
Other information
Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended. The detailed syllabus and additional information (including reference texts and readings suggested during the course) are available on the Unistudium platform (https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/).
Learning verification modality
Final oral examination
Extended program
The course aims to clarify the epistemological foundations of scientific inquiry by examining key paradigms in the history of scientific thought. Part of the course will be devoted to an examination of the debate on moral responsibility, with particular attention to the concepts and taxonomies developed within different theoretical perspectives.
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