20710027 - Philosophical Hermeneutics

The course of Philosophical Hermeneutics is part of the program in Philosophy and it is included among the complementary training activities. Students will be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the discussion and argument both from a theoretical and a historical-philosophical perspective. At the end of the course the student will acquire:
-) Ability to analyze and interpret philosophical texts;
-) Properties of language and argumentation;
-) Ability to contextualize the acquired knowledge in the Philosophical debate.

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Programme

Recognition/Gratitude: Contemporary Philosophical Paradigms

The course aims to explore the concept of recognition from its Hegelian origins to its psychoanalytic (Lacan), hermeneutic (Ricoeur), and sociopolitical (Honneth-Fraser) declinations.

Core Documentation

For Erasmus students:

A. Kojève, Introduction to te Reading of Hegel, 1980.
A. Honneth, The Struggle for Recognition, 1996.
A. Honneth-Nancy Fraser, Redistribution or Recognition?, 2003.
P. Ricoeur, The Course of Recognition, 2005.

Attendance

Optional.

Type of evaluation

Oral exam.