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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Scienze filosofiche - 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
12
B
M-FIL/03

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Foreign language: B2 level if 1st language, B1 CB TEST, if 2nd language
6
F
-
Compulsory Traineeship
6
F
-
Final exam
18
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
M-FIL/03
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Foreign language: B2 level if 1st language, B1 CB TEST, if 2nd language
6
F
-
Compulsory Traineeship
6
F
-
Final exam
18
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Tre insegnamenti a scelta
6
B
M-FIL/01
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Un insegnamento a scelta
Between the years: 1°- 2°

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Teaching code

4S007330

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1B dal Nov 9, 2020 al Jan 9, 2021.

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

The ontological interrogation about relationships concerns those questions that emerge from the interconnection of different forms-of-being. The issues are discussed taking into account the historical context of the contemporary age, but with prevailing theoretical commitment. Knowledge and various skills (historical, political, legal, theological) are part of this discipline as proper setting for further interdisciplinary developments.

By the end of the course the students should have developed autonomy of reflection and critical judgment in order to elaborate reflections on ethics topics, philosophical language skills, and understanding of the texts, but also to be able to applicate the concept so developed to the problems of the contemporaneity.

Program

Of Fear and Power

Fear is, in a Spinozian way, a diminution of that power which for every living form comes from its linkages with other forms-of-life. Spinoza's Ethics is a possible guide to rediscover the meaning of this interconnection.

1. Baruch Spinoza, Etica, Bompiani, Milano 2007.
2. Gilles Deleuze, Che cosa può un corpo? Lezioni su Spinoza, Ombre corte, Verona 2007.
3. Michel Foucault, Preface for Gilles Deleuze – Félix Guattari, L’Anti-Edipo (american edition): http://www.dtesis.univr.it/documenti/OccorrenzaIns/matdid/matdid574214.pdf
4. Andrea Cavalletti - Gianluca Solla, L'avanguardia dei nostri popoli, Cronopio, Napoli 2020.
5. Baruch Spinoza, Chapter XII of the Compendium of grammar of the Hebrew language [available on the Moodle platform]

Students attending the classes will receive frontal lessons that involves the participation of students, which will address the texts in the form of a comment, an elaboration, an extension and a discussion of their content. The individual study of the texts will be also an important part of the preparation of the final exam. Meeting hours for students are scheduled during the whole academic year. Days and hours of the courses and of the meetings will be communicated in the teacher’s personal webpage.
For students who will attend classes as well as for students not attending the classes, the contents of the textbooks, as well as the lessons and exercises held in the classroom, are part of the program. Any additional teaching materials will be reported by the end of the course and, where possible, made available on the online teaching platform.
Students don't attending the course contact please the teacher to discuss during consultation hours about doubts and questions concerning their preparation for the exam.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Gilles Deleuze Cosa può un corpo? Lezioni su Spinoza ombre corte 2007
Baruch Spinoza Etica Bompiani 2007 9788845258985
Michel Foucault Introduzione alla vita non-fascista NET Editor 2012
A. Cavalletti - G.L. Solla L'avanguardia dei nostri popoli Cronopio 2020

Examination Methods

In order to pass the exam, students will show that:
- they possess a deep knowledge of the main specific issues developed during the course;
- they possess also the capacity to make an independent reflection on ethical implications of such issues, using a pertinent and appropriate language.

The competence of all students, either those who attended the course or those who didn’t, will be valued through an oral examination about the specific topics and questions discussed during the classes. The final score will be expressed in /30s.

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