The course History of Modern Scientific Thought is included among the formative activities of similar or integrative disciplinary areas of the MA programme in Philosophical Sciences (LM-78). The course aims to provide a critical and in-depth knowledge of the main philosophical and scientific themes of the modern age (16th–18th centuries), in their historical and theoretical development, as well as their connections with related disciplines such as logic and the history of mathematics.
Within this framework, the course is designed to develop:
an in-depth knowledge of the main authors, works and orientations of modern scientific thought, with particular attention to the relationship between philosophy and science in the modern age and its background in ancient and medieval thought;
the ability to contextualise, analyse and critically interpret primary sources of a philosophical and scientific nature;
the lexical and conceptual tools necessary for the study of the history of scientific thought, and useful for developing good expository skills in both written and oral form.
Within this framework, the course is designed to develop:
an in-depth knowledge of the main authors, works and orientations of modern scientific thought, with particular attention to the relationship between philosophy and science in the modern age and its background in ancient and medieval thought;
the ability to contextualise, analyse and critically interpret primary sources of a philosophical and scientific nature;
the lexical and conceptual tools necessary for the study of the history of scientific thought, and useful for developing good expository skills in both written and oral form.
