29424 - Seminars (1) (LM) (G.D)

Learning outcomes

The Philosophy Seminars aim to achieve specific educational objectives characteristic of seminar-based teaching. (1) Training in philosophical argumentation: students are encouraged to engage in discussions on various themes and texts, including those in their original language, presented during meetings with Italian and foreign scholars; (2) Expanding and deepening philosophical knowledge by participating in conferences led by specialists in various fields of philosophical knowledge; (3) Comparing different methodological approaches in order to complement curricular teaching.

Course contents

The seminar will address the topic of bias from the perspective of analytical epistemology. In the first part, the seminar will focus on Thomas Kelly's book Bias: A Philosophical Study. In the second part, it will explore the reproduction and propagation of bias in the context of digital technologies, particularly LLMs and AI.

Readings/Bibliography

Kelly, T. (2022), Bias: A Philosophical Study, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Teaching methods

The teaching method will be hybrid, encompassing (i) traditional lectures, (ii) presentations with handout from students, (iii) talks by experts on the topics of the course.

Assessment methods

The requirement for attendance is to participate in at least 2/3 of the lectures (10 out of 15). In order to obtain the credit point (idoneità) each student will have to give at least one in-class presentation on one of the readings planned for the course (details will be given in due course).

Teaching tools

Power point, handout, Virtuale

Office hours

See the website of Filippo Ferrari