Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course the student possesses:
- a knowledge of the main features of the philosophy of Enlightenment in relation both to the theoretical debates and to the historical-cultural contextualization;
- the knowledge of some classical texts of the philosophy of Enlightenment and of the main critical debates associated with them;
- an essential knowledge of the events and historical-political changes of the Enlightenment period in relation to the formulation of philosophical reflection.
Applying knowledge and understanding
Students acquire:
- ability to read and critically analyze classical texts in the history of the philosophy of enlightenment;
- ability to use sources and bibliographic resources;
- ability to contextualise the theoretical issues in relation to the historical-cultural background and historical-political of the Enlightenment;
- ability to write argumentative.
At the end of the course the student possesses:
- a knowledge of the main features of the philosophy of Enlightenment in relation both to the theoretical debates and to the historical-cultural contextualization;
- the knowledge of some classical texts of the philosophy of Enlightenment and of the main critical debates associated with them;
- an essential knowledge of the events and historical-political changes of the Enlightenment period in relation to the formulation of philosophical reflection.
Applying knowledge and understanding
Students acquire:
- ability to read and critically analyze classical texts in the history of the philosophy of enlightenment;
- ability to use sources and bibliographic resources;
- ability to contextualise the theoretical issues in relation to the historical-cultural background and historical-political of the Enlightenment;
- ability to write argumentative.
teacher profile teaching materials
2) One book at your choice:
D. Outram, L’illuminismo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006
A. Tagliapietra (a cura di), Che cos'è l'illuminsmo? I testi e la genealogia del concetto, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2010 (o edizioni precedenti)
T. Todorov, Lo spirito dell'illuminismo, Milano, Garzanti, 2016 (o edizioni precedenti)
E. Tortarolo, L’illuminismo: ragioni e dubbi della modernità, Roma, Carocci, 1999 (e successive ristampe)
3) Maine de Biran, Introduzione all'Influenza dell'abitudine sulla facoltà di pensare, Chieti, Edizioni Solfanelli, 2017
4) Short extracts from the texts of Condillac and Hume made available by the teacher in his download area.
Programme
The course presents the various strands of the eighteenth-century reflection on the habit, focusing mainly on the doctrines of Condillac and Hume, moving from the seventeenth century premise made by authors such as Descartes and Malebranche to arrive - from the 18th to the 19th centuries - to the reflection of Maine de Biran, author of the first philosophical monograph entirely devoted to this theme. The theme addressed will be appropriately framed within the enlightenment scenario of which the main theoretical background lines will be presented together with some models of historical-philosophical interpretation.Core Documentation
1) M. Piazza, L’antagonista necessario. Il pensiero francese dell'abitudine da Montaigne a Deleuze, Milano, Mimesis, 2015 (pp. 1-162)2) One book at your choice:
D. Outram, L’illuminismo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006
A. Tagliapietra (a cura di), Che cos'è l'illuminsmo? I testi e la genealogia del concetto, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2010 (o edizioni precedenti)
T. Todorov, Lo spirito dell'illuminismo, Milano, Garzanti, 2016 (o edizioni precedenti)
E. Tortarolo, L’illuminismo: ragioni e dubbi della modernità, Roma, Carocci, 1999 (e successive ristampe)
3) Maine de Biran, Introduzione all'Influenza dell'abitudine sulla facoltà di pensare, Chieti, Edizioni Solfanelli, 2017
4) Short extracts from the texts of Condillac and Hume made available by the teacher in his download area.
Reference Bibliography
T. Sparrow, A. Hutchinson (ed. by), A History of Habit: from Aristotle to Bourdieu, Laham, Lexington Books, 2013 C. Carlisle, On Habit, London, Routledge, 2014 M. Piazza, L’antagonista necessario. Il pensiero francese dell'abitudine da Montaigne a Deleuze, Milano, Mimesis, 2015 M. Piazza, Creature dell'abitdine. Abito, costume, seconda natura da Aristotele alle scienze cognitive, Bologna, il Mulino, 2018Type of delivery of the course
Oral lectures