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B003876 - HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY
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Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Humanities (DILEF)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
14/09/2020 ⇒ 04/12/2020
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B003876 - STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA DEL RINASCIMENTO
Second Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
B003876 - STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA DEL RINASCIMENTO
Second Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
Teaching Language
Italiano
Course Content
Through reading and commenting a text and using specific bibliography, the course intends to high lighten the philosophical, theological, ethical and political context which characterizes the process of social transformation during 15th and 16th Century
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Lorenzo Valla, Il libero arbitrio; Pietro Pomponazzi, Il fato (libro I: passi scelti); Erasmo, Il libero arbitrio; Lutero, Il servo arbitrio (passi scelti)
Learning Objectives
Knowledge: students verify their general knowledge achieved during the preceding three years course by reading and commenting a text under teacher’s supervision and by using specific bibliographic resources. Competence: by analyzing the text and by comparing it both with preceding as well as with contemporary tradition, the students develop their capacities of understanding and of autonomous evaluation. Furthermore, they put text and concepts into correct context within the development of philosophical thought. Applying knowledge, they also exercise in elaborating coherently their own ideas and in exposing their achievements in proper scientific language.
Prerequisites
B.A.; basic knowledge of history of philosophy up to 16th century
Teaching Methods
Face-to-face lessons with moderated discussions, exercise on selected texts, potential preparation of short papers.
Further information
The course may also be attended by students of laurea magistrale LM-14 Filologia moderna Filologia moderna, curriculum internazionale in Studi sul rinascimento europeo (B013894 Storia della filosofia del Rinascimento, mutuazione)
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
Freedom, responsibility, determinism. The course aims at retracing the Renaissance debate on freedom, responsibility and determinism. We will examine the philosophical premises of these notions and we will put them into relation with the contemporary discussion on religion.