History of Early Modern Philosophy
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with a solid basic knowledge of the history of early modern philosophical and scientific thought. The course will encourage the students' disposition to investigate new topics, thus increasing their knowledge and competence. Students will also develop a comprehension of the many interdisciplinary perspectives that characterise early modern thought.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- know the fundamental aspects of the history of early modern Western philosophy, with special regard to the topics discussed in the course;
- understand the relationships connecting the history of philosophy to the history of science, politics, society, culture, theology, and religion;
- understand the concepts and lines of argument used by the authors analysed;
- know the basic methodological tools of the historical-philosophical investigation.
Moreover, students will be able to:
- apply the knowledge acquired in framing early modern authors and texts historically;
- apply the understanding of the historical relationships between philosophy and other doctrines to the analysis and discussion of texts and problems;
- apply the understanding of concepts and argumentative forms to the analysis of complex texts and problems.
- know the fundamental aspects of the history of early modern Western philosophy, with special regard to the topics discussed in the course;
- understand the relationships connecting the history of philosophy to the history of science, politics, society, culture, theology, and religion;
- understand the concepts and lines of argument used by the authors analysed;
- know the basic methodological tools of the historical-philosophical investigation.
Moreover, students will be able to:
- apply the knowledge acquired in framing early modern authors and texts historically;
- apply the understanding of the historical relationships between philosophy and other doctrines to the analysis and discussion of texts and problems;
- apply the understanding of concepts and argumentative forms to the analysis of complex texts and problems.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
At the beginning of eighteenth century the idea of human nature, with the related natural law, are confronted with the problems raised by the plurality of cultures, the length of the history, the issue of the origins of society. The course will deal with some exemplary ways of thinking these problems -from Vico to Rousseau - which prefigure the development of a modern philosophy of history on one hand, and of some new "sciences of man" on the ther.
Prerequisites for admission
No specific knowledge is required, except for the basic knowledge of the history of philosophy acquired in the first year of course
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, discussions in class.
Teaching Resources
Hobbes, Leviathan, chap. 13, chap, 14, §§ 1-9.
Locke, The Second Treatise on Governemnt Ch. 1-5, 8.
Vico, The New Science: Book I, II, IV, V.
________ De antiquissima, Ch. I-III.
________ De nostri temporis studiorum ratione
Montesquieu, The Spiri of the Laws: Parts I, III, V
Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
Locke, The Second Treatise on Governemnt Ch. 1-5, 8.
Vico, The New Science: Book I, II, IV, V.
________ De antiquissima, Ch. I-III.
________ De nostri temporis studiorum ratione
Montesquieu, The Spiri of the Laws: Parts I, III, V
Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be oral. Particular attention will be devoted to the ability to understand and discuss the textes of the authors in program.
Unita' didattica A
M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica C
M-FIL/06 - HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
Wendesday 09.30a.m. - 12.30 a.m.
In the office and on Microsoft Teams, Team "Ricevimento SDB" . Access Code: ourk7ks