20703105 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE - L.M

The course of Philosophy of Language is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the characterising training activities. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of some aspects of the essential issues and debates connected to crucial notions in the Philosophy of Language. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and philosophical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to wider issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
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Programme

The animal that has its essence.

Core Documentation

Jean-Paul Sartre, L’essere e il nulla, Il Saggiatore (Tascabili) 2002. Limited to the chapter “Fare e avere”, pp. 633-97. Available in photocopy.

Texts on friendship (Aristotle, Derrida, etc.) in relation to the verb 'to have'. Available in photocopy.

Texts on deprivation/sex and debit/credit as emotional tonalities and anthropological determinations (Meister Eckart, Simone Weil etc.). Available in photocopy.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lectures

Type of evaluation

Oral exam.