Teaching code

4S007330

Teacher

Gianluca Solla

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Period

Sem. 1B dal Nov 15, 2021 al Jan 12, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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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

The city, the philosophy

Philosophy is linked from its beginnings to the city form. That is, it presents itself as an urban life-form. Central is the connection between thought, forms of life and spatiality. The question that this year's course intends to ask starting from Walter Benjamin's reflection is, further on, whether this urban space is itself a form of thought. With respect to the way in which this space has been constituting itself, for example in the history of Paris in its classical way, a further central question of the course will focus on which forms of thought can be connected to a radical decomposition and recomposition of space as occurs in outskirts of the world, in slums, in makeshift housing or, more generally, on the edge of the city known by most of its inhabitants.


The lessons will focus on a critical examination that will proceed from the bibliography of texts in the form of comments, re-elaboration, extension and discussion of the texts examined. Individual study of the texts in the bibliography will be an integral part of the lectures. An individual reception service is provided at the times indicated on the teacher's web page. Any changes to the calendar of lessons and reception will be communicated on the web page of each teacher. There will be recordings of the lessons and streaming.

Any additional teaching material will be reported by the end of the course and, where possible, made available on the online teaching platform.
Students not attending the classroom can contact the teacher to discuss doubts and questions concerning their preparation for the exam upon receipt.

Bibliography

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.