Theoretical Philosophy (2014/2015)

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Course code
4S00754
Name of lecturer
Guido Cusinato
Coordinator
Guido Cusinato
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
M-FIL/01 - THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. IA dal Oct 1, 2014 al Nov 16, 2014.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

The course aims to let the students get accustomed to critical discussions on some central issues of philosophy.

Syllabus

Course theme: phenomenology of care and affective transformation.
This course argues the problem of formation (Bildung) and that of personal individuation in the sense of a process of care of desire, which involves affective sphere.
Every student must bring to the exam 2 of the following texts:
P. Hadot, Esercizi spirituali e filosofia antica,
R. Girard, Dostoevskij. Dal doppio all'unità, Milano 2011
M. Foucault, La volontà di sapere, Milano 1978
P. Sloterdijk, Devi cambiare la tua vita, Milano 2010
G. Cusinato, Periagoge, Verona 2014

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam is in oral form and foresees discussion of the short thesis on the issue agreed with the professor during the reception hour and to be handed in by ten days before the exam.

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