The course of Ontology is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The course aims to provide students with the basic principles of Edmund Husserl's phenomenology, starting from the text in which he diagnosed the 'crisis' of European culture and the need for it to be refounded on the basis of the principles of phenomenology. Upon completion of the course 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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The aim of the course is to bring out the philosophical background of the priority assigned by Hannah Arendt to the concept of praxis in her most important theoretical work, The Human Condition. The Arendtian perspective will be related to two relevant areas of the discussion around ontology: 1) Heidegger's interpretation of Aristotle, with the distinction between "theoria", "poiesis" and "praxis"; 2) the philosophical debate of recent years around "communicative action" and the relationship between truth and politics.
and a text between:
H. Arendt, Between Past and Future, Penguin, 2006.
H. Arendt, Truth and Politics, The Viking Press, 1968.
Programme
Ontology and praxis. Hannah Arendt todayThe aim of the course is to bring out the philosophical background of the priority assigned by Hannah Arendt to the concept of praxis in her most important theoretical work, The Human Condition. The Arendtian perspective will be related to two relevant areas of the discussion around ontology: 1) Heidegger's interpretation of Aristotle, with the distinction between "theoria", "poiesis" and "praxis"; 2) the philosophical debate of recent years around "communicative action" and the relationship between truth and politics.
Core Documentation
H. Arendt, The Human Condition, University of Chicago Press, 2018.and a text between:
H. Arendt, Between Past and Future, Penguin, 2006.
H. Arendt, Truth and Politics, The Viking Press, 1968.
Type of delivery of the course
Le lezioni saranno frontaliType of evaluation
oral exam