Studying at the University of Verona

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.

Study Plan

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
6
B
L-LIN/01
One module among the following
6
C
L-FIL-LET/12
6
C
M-FIL/05
One module between the following
Further language skills
3
F
-

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One module between the following
Final exam
24
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
L-LIN/01
One module among the following
6
C
L-FIL-LET/12
6
C
M-FIL/05
One module between the following
Further language skills
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
One module between the following
Final exam
24
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Other activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S00960

Credits

6

Coordinator

Not yet assigned

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-FIL/02 - LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

The teaching is organized as follows:

Filosofia della scienza
The activity is given by Epistemology and Philosophy of Science - Philosophy of Science of the course: Master's degree in Philosophy

Credits

3

Period

Sem. 1B

Academic staff

Roberto Giacobazzi

Epistemologia
The activity is given by Epistemology and Philosophy of Science - Epistemology of the course: Master's degree in Philosophy

Credits

3

Period

Sem. 1B

Academic staff

Roberto Giacobazzi

Learning objectives

The course is an introduction to the Contemporary Philosophy of Science, with the aim of highlighting the most meaningful moments in the development of the Science and the philosophical issues which are involved in. Expected outcomes:
• to be able to critically examine the fundamental assumptions of Positivism, the relationship between the twentieth century “linguistic turn” of Philosophy and the Philosophy of Science and, finally, the implications of the sociological methodology when applied to epistemological subjects, in order to
• understand the conceptual grounds of the Philosophy of Science (i.e., realism, objectivity, experimental evidence, limits of validity, etc.);
• to master the Epistemological lexicon;
• to actively participate in the debates concerning developments (even the most recent ones) in the field of the Philosophy of Science.

Program

The course aims to give answers (certainly not definitive) to a fundamental question: What is the value of science in the contemporary debate? To tackle this problem, understand its scope and stimulate curiosity, we will study a specific case: computer science as information science. We will see how this "new" science was born and place it in the broader history of science, what are its epistemological foundations, its limits, its ambitions towards an artificial intelligence, and how this is placed in the economic, ethical, and social context.
Course content:
1) Positivism and determinism: automata, machines, constructivism: from C. Babbage to A. Turing
2) Language and specification: syntax and semantics: machines, languages, data, algorithms, computing
3) The limits of computable: Information and computational thinking, substitutability, falsifiability, objectification of information, Data-Science vs Computer Science
4) Artificial Intelligence e philosophy
5) Ethics and digital philosophy

Learning assessment procedures

The exam consists in an individual seminar on topics covered in class and agreed with the teacher.

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