Teaching code

4S012294

Credits

6

Coordinator

Tommaso Tuppini

Language

Italian

Also offered in courses:

• Hermeneutics and Linguistic Practices of the course Master's degree in Philosophy
• Hermeneutics and Linguistic Practices of the course Master's degree in Philosophy

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Courses Single

Authorized

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

Students will acquire an in-depth knowledge of the main theories of the absolute developed in the history of philosophy. The main critical nodes of the philosophy of relationship will be explored from a perspective that enhances the concept of the absolute, highlighting the tensions and unexplored potential of the absolute in response to these currents. Due account will be taken of discussions of the absolute outside of strict philosophy, including the field of theoretical physics, to show how the concept of the absolute cuts across and influences different areas of thought and research. Students will develop the ability to critically analyze philosophical texts on the absolute, recognizing the main arguments, presuppositions and implications. This includes the ability to compare different theories of the absolute and to evaluate their internal coherence, their response to the philosophy of relation and their effect on contemporary thought. Students will learn to formulate their own philosophical arguments, both orally and in writing, with particular emphasis on defending the value and relevance of the absolute as opposed to dominant relational theories: this includes the ability to read critically and to situate the debate on the absolute all within broader cultural climates, the ability to integrate knowledge and methods from other fields of study into the philosophical debate on the absolute, promoting a richer and more multifaceted understanding of the concept. By incorporating these objectives, the course aims to provide students with a solid understanding of the concept of the absolute and its theoretical implications, as well as developing critical, argumentative and interpretive skills that make them free and independent thinkers, capable of navigating and contributing to contemporary philosophical debate.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites.

Program

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

Heidegger in his "What is Called Thinking?" says that the brightest and clearest manifestation of the absolute in philosophy is the Hegelian identification of Being and Thinking. After Hegel, what happened to the absolute in philosophy? It seems to have disappeared. But then we take up "What is philosophy?" by Deleuze and there we find it written that philosophy is the construction of concepts, which is not very different from what Hegel said, especially when Deleuze writes that «the concept is defined through the inseparability of a finite number of heterogeneous components covered from an absolute point of flight». Even if sometimes we feel like we have left it behind, the absolute returns, especially if we do philosophy. Starting from Deleuze's book, we will try to understand what Heidegger and Agamben said about the philosophical exercise in the name of the identity between Being and Thinking.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Frontal lessons and seminar meetings with student reports.

Learning assessment procedures

There are three possibilities to pass the examination:
- Those who have attended at least three quarters of the meetings of the 'lectures' part (18 out of 24 hours), three quarters of the meetings of the 'exercises' part (18 out of 24 hours) and have prepared an oral report discussed in the classroom, will receive a grade proposal at the end of the course, which, if accepted, will be recorded on the day of the appeal.
- Those who have attended at least three quarters of the meetings of the 'lectures' part (18 out of 24 hours), three quarters of the meetings of the 'tutorials' part (18 out of 24 hours) and have not prepared an oral report discussed in the classroom, will write a report of approximately 18,000 characters, the topic of which must be agreed with the lecturer at least one month before the date of the appeal and which will be discussed orally in the examination.
- Those who have attended less than the meetings in the two cases listed above, or have not attended at all, will write a paper of approximately 24,000 characters, the subject of which must be agreed with the lecturer at least one month before the date of the appeal and which will be discussed orally in the examination.

Evaluation criteria

For those who have attended the quantity of hours listed above and have prepared a paper discussed in the classroom, the evaluation criteria are: quality and seriousness of the paper, coherence of argumentation and clarity of exposition, active participation in the discussions of the seminar part.
For those who have attended at least the quantity of hours listed above and have not prepared a paper discussed in the classroom, the evaluation criteria are: quality and seriousness of the written paper, coherence of argumentation and clarity of exposition during the oral exam, active participation in the discussions of the seminar part.
For those who attended fewer than the number of hours listed above or did not attend, the assessment criteria are: quality and seriousness of the written report, coherence of argumentation and clarity of exposition during the oral exam.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Vote in thirtieths.

Exam language

Italiano. Se lo studente è di una madrelingua differente: in inglese.