THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FS4010

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATION SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ARDOVINO Adriano

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

171

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites.

Objectives

The course contributes to the broader educational objective of the BA by providing the conceptual tools suitable for understanding the language and basic problems of contemporary philosophical-theoretical research, with a privileged (but not exclusive) reference to the phenomenological-hermeneutic and post-structuralist approach. The student will acquire: basic knowledge of topics and texts; ability to memorize and understand principles and theories; ability to perform speculative analysis and exercise a wide critical commentary; argumentative and descriptive skills in reconstructing and discussing topics and texts; ability to define and use the fundamental structures of philosophical discourse; suitable basic vocabulary. Further skills: autonomy of judgment (understanding theses and debates; orientation in theoretical issues; connection of ideas and concepts in different traditions; use of critical tools for the framing of main themes); communication skills (ability to expose analyzes in an effective and orderly manner; mastery, integration and development of the philosophical vocabulary applied to the analysis of the fundamental features of contemporary world).

Contents

Main topics of the course: elements of ontology and phenomenology; the essence of manifestation; the nature of philosophical discourse; world and reality; time and truth.

Extended Syllabus

Course topics: main features of the problem of being within the Western tradition; ontological difference; anthropology and history of metaphysics; phenomenology and hermeneutics; description, interpretation, and deduction as philosophical practices; essence and structure of manifestation; theory of categories and formal indication; world and reality; definitions of the spatio-temporal dimension; the notion of truth; intertwining and articulation of experience, language, and thought.

Recommended Bibliography

Textbook:
- Martin Heidegger (2010). Being and Time. Translated by Joan Stambaugh, revised by Dennis J. Schmidt. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. 1-217.

Suggested reading and resources:
(A)
- A. Ardovino (ed.), Sentieri della differenza. Per un’introduzione a Heidegger, NEU
- H.L. Dreyfus, M. Wrathall (edds.), A Companion to Heidegger, Blackwell
- C. Esposito, Introduzione a Heidegger, Il Mulino
- G. Figal, Introduzione a Martin Heidegger, ETS
- C.B. Guignon (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger, Cambridge University Press
- G. Steiner, Heidegger, Garzanti
- D. Thomä (Hrsg.), Heidegger-Handbuch. Leben – Werk – Wirkung, Springer
- G. Vattimo, Introduzione a Heidegger, Laterza
-H. Vetter, Grundriss Heidegger. Ein Handbuch zu Leben und Werk, Meiner
- F. Volpi (ed.), Guida a Heidegger. Ermeneutica, fenomenologia, esistenzialismo, ontologia, teologia, estetica, etica, tecnica, nichilismo, Laterza
(B)
- R.A. Bast, H.P. Delfosse, Handbuch zum Textstudium von Martin Heideggers Sein und Zeit, Frommann-Holzboog
- H.L. Dreyfus, Being-in-the-World: A Commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Division I, MIT Press
- A. Fabris, Essere e tempo di Heidegger. Introduzione alla lettura, Carocci
- M. Gelven, A Commentary on Heidegger’s Being and Time, Northern Illinois University Press
- J. Greisch, Ontologie et temporalité. Esquisse systématique d’une interprétation intégrale de Sein und Zeit, PUF
- F.-W. v. Herrmann, Hermeneutische Phänomenologie des Daseins, 3 voll., Klostermann
- M. King, A guide to Heidegger’s Being and time, SUNY Press
- J.J. Kockelmans (ed.), A Companion to Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, University Press of America
- A. Luckner, Martin Heidegger: Sein und Zeit. Ein einführender Kommentar, UTB
- D. Vicari, Lettura di Essere e tempo di Heidegger, UTET
- M. Zarader, Lire Être et Temps de Heidegger, Vrin

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal lectures.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

An oral exam of variable duration will take place, during which knowledge, skills and competences will be tested, in order to assess the achievement of the learning objectives and expected outcomes. The exam will consist of questions on course contents, and of a critical-textual analysis.
Students may take the exam in English. Italian textbook is therefore to be replaced by: Martin Heidegger (2010). Being and Time. Translated by Joan Stambaugh, revised by Dennis J. Schmidt. Albany, New York: SUNY Press.

Contacts/More Information

Although not mandatory, class attendance is strongly advised. Students who do not attend at least 70% of the lectures will be asked to read an additional book, which can be freely selected among the recommended ones. For any further information and thesis acceptance procedure: adriano.ardovino@unich.it. Orientation and tutoring in English is available. - If Health Laws and University regulations allow, teaching activities, teachers office hours’, and exams may take place online (in whole or in part). For any further information and updates, please refer to the University website.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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