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Laurea in Filosofia - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
Foreign language B1 (CB Test)
6
E
-

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
M-FIL/02
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-PSI/06
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One course to be chosen among the following
Foreign language B1 (CB Test)
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Stage or Laboratories
6
F
-

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Teaching code

4S02157

Coordinator

Chiara Zamboni

Credits

12

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1A, Sem. 1B

Learning outcomes

The teaching programme aims to impart the fundamentals of the theory and language of philosohy in such a way that students will be able to independently recognize and understand the internal relationship between philosophical concepts and issues. To encourage this, the teaching programme will cover a number of central issues to the European and extra-European philosophical traditions. The aim is not simply to judge students' ability to learn information, but also to encourage them to make independent judgements and hone their reasoning skills, with the help of a seires of exercises proposed during te course.

Este curso de ensenanza se compromete a favorecer las bases teòricas y linguisticas para que los estudiantes sean capaces autònomamente de reconocer y elaborar la relaciòn intima entre conceptos y cuestiones filsofòficas. Para praticar esto en el proceso de instrucciòn se enfocaràn algunas cuestiones de importancia fundamental de la tradiciòn filosòfica europea y extra europea. El objetivo no es solamente prestar atenciòn a la capacidad de aprendizaje de los estudiantes, sino también de fomentar una autonomia de judicio y de afinar la capacidad argumentativa que puede ser guiada a través de diferentes pràcticas en el recorrido didàctico.

Program

The teaching programme is divided into the following subject areas:
. The practice of philosophy: the relationship between philosophy and art. Infinity, condensation, chaos. (Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, "Che cos'è la filosofia?", chap. 1-4, chap. 7, Conclusion).
. Focus on the concept of infinity in the history of philosophical thought. Comparison between concepts of indefinite, finite, potential infinite and actual infinite and the philosophical background to the comparison. (Paolo Zellini, "Breve storia dell'infinito", chs 1-3, chs. 5-6, ch. 9, ch .11).
. The different approach of women to the practice of philosophy and to the issues of infinity and necessity. Centrality of Simone Weil's thought on these issues. (Gloria Zanardo, "Un'apertura di infinito nel finito. Lettura dell'impersonale di Simone Weil"; Simone Weil, "La persona e il sacro"; Simone Weil, "Riflessione sul buon uso dei testi scolastici in vista dell'amore di Dio", in Ead., "Attesa di Dio", pp. 219-233; Simone Weil, "La rivelazione greca", ch. 2 ("L'Iliade o il poema della forza"), ch. 4 ("Dio in Platone"), ch. 5 ("Discesa di Dio", parts 1, 4, & 5).

Programa
Las clases hablaràn sobre los siguientes temas:
. Pràctica filsòfica. La relaciòn entre los conceptos y las cuestiones. Las figuras que acompanan esta pràctica. La relaciòn entre la filosofìa y el arte. Lo infinito, la condensaciòn, el caos. (Gilles Deleuze y Felix Guattari, "Che cos'è la filosofia?", cap. 1-4, cap. 7, Conclusione).
. Focalisatiòn del concepto de infinito en la historia del pensamiento filosofico. La comparaciòn entre el concepto de lo indefinido, definido, infinito potenciàl y infinito actuàl y la contextualizaciòn filosòfica al que conlleva esta comparaciòn. (Paolo Zellini, "Breve storia dell'infinito", cap. 1-3, cap. 5-6, cap. 9, cap. 11).
. La diferencia femenina con relaciòn a la cuestiòn de la pràctica filosòfica y a la cuestiòn de lo infinito y de lo necesario. Centralidad del pensamiento de Simone Weil a estos temas. (Gloria Zanardo, "Un'apertura di infinito nel finito. Lettura dell'impersonale di Simone Weil"; Simone Weil, "La persona e il sacro"; Simone Weil, "Riflessione sul buon uso dei testi scolastici in vista dell'amore di Dio", in Simone Weil, "Attesa di Dio", pp. 219-233; Simone Weil, "La rivelazione greca", cap. 2 ("L'Iliade o il poema della forza"), cap. 4 ("Dio in Platone"), cap. 5 ("Discesa di Dio", parti 1, 4, 5).

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Simone Weil Attesa di Dio Adelphi 2008
Paolo Zellini Breve storia dell'infinito Adelphi 2011
Gilles Deleuze Félix Guattari Che cos'è la filosofia? Einaudi 2002
Simone Weil La persona e il sacro Adelphi 2012
Simone Weil La rivelazione greca Adelphi 2014
Gloria Zanardo Un'apertura di infinito nel finito. Lettura dell'impersonale di Simone Weil Mimesis 2017

Examination Methods

Assessment method
Oral examen. Any candidates unable to attend the course must come to the lecturer's office hour befor taking the examen.

Metodologìa de examen
examen oral. Los que no puedan seguir el curso, tienen que ir a la tutorìa que la profesora hace antes del examen.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE