Teaching code

4S007322

Teacher

Davide Poggi

Coordinator

Davide Poggi

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 2B dal Apr 7, 2025 al May 24, 2025.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Ontology
The course of Ontology aims to equip students with the main landmarks and conceptual tools of the philosophical questioning on being.
In addition to the knowledge of the history of Western philosophical thought and its main conceptual lines, particular attention will be given to the knowledge of modern and contemporary philosophical debate. The course aims to develop the following skills:
- ability to understand philosophical texts;
- ability to use an appropriate philosophical terminology;
- ability to compare peculiar aspects of the thought of the past with themes and / or authors of our time;
- ability to communicate philosophical topics with specialists and non-specialists;
- ability to to continue their studies at a MA level.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites: just the basic knowledge of the history of philosophy

Program

In the "System of gnoseology and morals" (1930) Giuseppe Zamboni presents his own "pure elementary gnoseology", a theory of knowledge from which he derives an ontology that fits into the more general position of critical realism.
The course focuses precisely on this theory of knowledge, on the gnoseological method and on its fruitfulness in order to understand the main voices in the history of modern and contemporary philosophy and to deal with the actual debate concerning the realism.
REFERENCE TEXTS
The texts required are as follows:
• Giuseppe Zamboni, Sistema di Gnoseologia e di morale, a cura di F.L. Marcolungo, Verona, QuiEdit, 2019, pp. 244.
The reference texts are the same for both attending students and those who can not attend lectures.
Additional texts and teaching materials will also be communicated on the e-learning platform of the University website.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The teaching methods consist of traditional lectures (face-to-face and online streaming) axed on the reading and the comment on Zamboni's "Sistema di gnoseologia e di morale", with the aim of transmitting: 1) the key concepts of both ontology and philosophy of knowledge or gnoseology; 2) the critical means that are useful for understanding (and for dealing with) the problematic issues involved the critical realism.
Each lesson will be recorded and (together with the materials examined during the course) uploaded on the e-learning platform of the University (as mp3 files, or file video via Panopto), with the aim of easing the study for both attending students and those who can not attend lectures.
During the academic year, an individual consultation service is also available (at the teacher's study, by e-mail, or via Zoom) at the times indicated on the web pages (and readily updated), or agreed with the teacher (especially in the case of telematic meetings).
At the first lesson, students will receive the full calendar of teaching activities, together with the dates and classroom (real or virtual) in which the lessons will take place and a synoptic presentation of the topics of the course.
Any suspension of lectures for academic reasons will be readily communicated in the classroom, on the web site, and on the e-learning platform forum.

Learning assessment procedures

The assessment of the learning outcomes of both the key concepts and the issues which concern the themes and the texts examined will be done by means of an oral examination (face-to-face or via Zoom) concerning the programme carried out during the course.
The examination is the same for both attending students and non-attending ones.

Evaluation criteria

The final examination consists of questions to test the critical and argumentative abilities of the students, the textual exegesis, the conceptual clarity, and the acquisition of an adequate philosophical vocabulary.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The grades are expressed in thirtieths (and in special cases the mention of praise is also granted).

Exam language

Italiano

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