PHILOSOPHICAL HERMENEUTICS (ADVANCED COURSE)

The teaching of Philosophical Hermeneutics is a theoretical discipline and was born when Martin Heidegger, in the first half of the twentieth century, recognized full philosophical dignity to issues and phenomena that are part of the earlier hermeneutic-exegetical tradition. It is one of the pillars of contemporary philosophical studies.

The hermeneutic-philosophical approach aims at at least two objectives:
(1) learning to read a classical text with due historiographical awareness and the necessary critical sense for the multiplicity of meanings;
(2) to open students' cultural horizon so as to defer absolutization of the present and not remain hostage to dominant interpretations.

Buona conoscenza del pensiero di Aristotele ("Metafisica", "De Anima") Cartesio (in particolare le "Meditazione Metafisiche"), Husserl (possibilmente, le "Meditazioni Cartesiane")

The course will consist of a critical reading of "Being and Time" by Martin Heidegger which will focus on the elements that define the concept of hermeneutic phenomenology in opposition to Husserl's transcendental phenomenology: concept of phenomenon, project of a fundamental ontology, criticism of the subjectivist tradition modern, existential conception of the world, Heideggerian conception of truth, understanding and historicity. Some introductory elements will be provided regarding Husserl's transcendental phenomenology to make clearer the implicit polemical target of large parts of Heidegger's text.

Heidegger, M. "Essere e Tempo", (Franco Volpi/Pietro Chiodi, Milano: Longanesi 2023)


Further readings

Biemel W. "Le concept de monde chez Heidegger", Vrin, Parigi 2005.
Costa V. Franzini E., Spinicci P. , "La fenomenologia", Einaudi, Torino 2002
Dastur, F. "Le concept de monde chez Heidegger après Être et Temps", Alter, 6/1998
Esposito, C. "Introduzione a Heidegger", il Mulino, Bologna, 2017
Fabris a., "Essere e tempo di Heidegger", Carocci, Roma, 2020.
Franck, D. "Heidegger e le problème de l’espace", les éditions de minuit, Parigi 1986
Galanti Grollo, S. "Esistenza e mondo. L’ermeneutica della fatticità in Heidegger (1919- 1927)", il Poligrafo, Padova 2002
Husserl E, & Heidegger M. "Fenomenologia", Edizioni Unicopli, Milano 1999
Perissinotto, L. "Le vie dell'interpretazione nella filosofia contemporanea", Laterza Roma-Bari, 2002.
Vattimo, G. "Heidegger", Laterza, Roma-Bari 2001
Volpi, F. "La trasformazione della fenomenologia da Husserl a Heidegger", Teoria, 4/1984
Volpi, F. (ed.) "Guida a Heidegger", Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008

- A final oral exam consisting in a critical discussion of the texts read, discussed, and commented upon during the course

The course includes 6 hours of weekly lessons.

Italian

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion

Ca' Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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