Programme

Knowledge and critical evaluation of some theoretical-ethical questions of Kant's philosophy in the history of contemporary European and American philosophy.
The course aims to offer a critical reflection on Kant's categories of world, action, morality interpreted by contemporary thinkers McDowell, Simmel, Nancy.
The lessons start from the role of the concept of the world in McDowell's Kantian exegesis and then critically investigate the distance from the world in Kantian morality according to the Berlin Lessons of Simmel dedicated to Kant and offer critical ideas derived from the particular analysis of the concept of categorical imperative developed by Nancy.

Core Documentation

John McDowell, Mind and World, 1999;
Georg Simmel, Kant: Sixteen Lectures in Berlin, 1999;
Jean-Luc Nancy, The Categorical Imperative, 2007 or 2011.

Type of delivery of the course

The lectures are based on direct reading of the texts of the classical philosophers included in the program and on the discussion in the lecture hall of papers written by the students on a topic of one of the philosophers in the program. The paper is typically 10-12 pages long. The writing and discussion work aims to promote linguistic-conceptual skills, to develop expressive, cognitive and critical potential in the specific subject area.

Type of evaluation

The oral examination will last from 45 to 60 minutes and will be based on analysis and commentary of the sources.