THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

In the philosophical studies Theoretical Philosophy is as fundamental as the study of Physiology in Medicine. It aims to bring out the first elements of the essential issues of human thought, without limiting itself to an analytical decomposition or a historiographical survey. His critical and multi-perspectives syntheses - albeit nourished by the necessary philological and historical-cultural mediations - engage themselves directly and immediately with the weight and consequences of things to think about.

Learning to recognize the multiple meanings, stratifications and references of an important philosophical text.
Learning to focus more on the right questions than on the answers.
Learning to articulate discourses aiming at justifying your own claims to truth.
Learning to select reliable document bases.

Good acquaintance with the philosophical grammar of traditional ontology

Title: Heidegger as a phenomenologist

The first Heidegger sees in Husserl's phenomenology the possibility of doing philosophy and taking up the question of Being (Seinsfrage) precisely in the age of the modern triumph of positivistic and naturalistic objectivism. It is impossible to understand the existential-cosmological rooting of philosophical hermeneutics, and the relevance of time and space, without Husserlian teaching. The course will focus on two points: 1 what Heidegger's debt towards Husserlian phenomenology consists of; 2 in what sense Heidegger remains a phenomenologist even after taking leave of his master Husserl and, in 1931, having explicitly abandoned the scientific nature of philosophy.

M. Heidegger, "Introduction to Phenomenological Research", translated by D. O. Dahlstrom, Indiana UP, 2005;
M. Heidegger, "History of the Concept of Time: Prolegomena", translated by T. Kisiel, Indiana UP, 2009;
M. Heidegger, "Being and Time", § 7;
M. Heidegger, "The Basic Problems of Phenomenology", translated by A. Hofstadter, Indiana UP, 1988;
M. Heidegger, E. Fink, "Heraclitus Seminar", translated by C.H. Seibert, Northwestern University Press, 1997.

As far as this first part of the course is concerned, the exam will be written and will consist in four passages, taken from the texts in the syllabus, to be illustrated.

Regarding the grading, the exam will be marked on a scale ranging from 0 to 30. The minimum passing grade is 18. Honors ("lode") will be granted only for exceptional capacity of judgment and excellent knowledge of the topics under evaluation.

The course includes 6 hours of weekly lessons.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development