00399 - Theoretical Philosophy

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student is able to identify some of the key moments of philosophical thought and to adopt a synoptic view of them. He is able to place the philosophers in their historical context and to understand their thinking in contemporary philosophical discourse. He knows the problematic nature of the concepts of meaning, reference and truth.

Course contents

THE PROBLEM OF TIME AND SPACE BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY: IMMANUEL KANT, JAKOB VON UEXKÜLL, EDMUND HUSSERL.

The course will examine the constitution of time and space, their cognitive, biological and existential meaning for humans and other life forms, from the reflections of Immanuel Kant, Jakob von Uexküll and Edmund Husserl. Their works represent an essential point of reference in the debate on the meaning of existence and life in the animal forms.

Start: September 26, 2016 and will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 17-19, Classroom D, via Centotrecento 18, Bologna.

Readings/Bibliography

• Obligatory readings:

  • Immanuel Kant, Critica della ragion pura, Estetica trascendentale, a cura di P. Chiodi, Utet, Torino 1967, pp. 97-123 (will be available in "teaching material");
  • Jakob von Uexküll, Biologia teoretica, a cura e con un'Introduzione di Luca Guidetti, Quodlibet, Macerata, 2015, pp. 7-89.
  • Edmund Husserl, Per la fenomenologia della coscienza interna del tempo, a cura di A. Marini, Angeli, Milano 1985, pp. 43-100 (will be available in "teaching material");
  • Edmund Husserl, Idee per una fenomenologia pura e per una filosofia fenomenologica, a cura di E. Filippini, Einaudi, Torino 1982, Libro secondo, La costituzione della natura materiale, pp. 426-442 (will be available in "teaching material").
    
  • Schede e dispense esplicative, a cura del docente, reperibili nel "materiale didattico".

  Not obligatory readings:
  

  • Hans Reichenbach, Filosofia dello spazio e del tempo, Feltrinelli, Milano, 1977.

Teaching methods

Lectures, reading and commentary on texts and on primary sources, discussion on specific issues.

Assessment methods

Oral test with verification of specific historical and philosophical knowledge and of the level of assimilation and processing critical-conceptual content.

Assessment criteria and thresholds of evaluation:

30 cum laude: Excellent as to knowledge, terminology and critical expression.

30: Excellent, knowledge is complete, well articulated and correctly expressed, although with some slight faults.

27-29: Good, knowledge comprehensive and satisfactory, essentially correct expression .

24-26: Fairly good, knowledge present in significant points, but not complete and not always expressed with correctness.

21-23: Sufficient, knowledge is sometimes superficial, but the guiding general thread is included. Expression and articulation incomplete and often not appropriate

18-21:.Almost sufficient, but knowledge present only on the surface. The guiding principle is not included with continuity. The expression and articulation of the speech show important gaps.

<18: Not sufficient, knowledge absent or very incomplete, lack of guidance in discipline, expression seriously deficient. Exam failed.

Teaching tools

Overhead Projector with PC.

Links to further information

http://www.disciplinefilosofiche.it

Office hours

See the website of Luca Guidetti