Teaching Workshop: Philosophy Workshop in the Prison of Opera 2
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The workshop aims to offer an introduction to the different forms that the metaphor of the world as a book has taken in the history of Western thought, with a focus on developments within philosophical and scientific culture. The topic, which has been the subject of a painstaking study by Hans Blumemberg, will also be treated from different disciplinary perspectives.
Expected learning outcomes
The workshop aims to develop the following skills:
Critical thinking skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will display a sufficiently independent critical approach in selecting and interpreting the notions that are most relevant their area of study and to the broader socio-cultural context in which they operate
Communication skills:
By the end of the workshop:
- students will be able to effectively communicate the acquired knowledge and disseminate it to the general public;
- student will have developed basic IT skills concerning knowledge preservation and transfer.
Learning skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will have developed the learning skills required to continue their studies in keeping with their own research interests. In order to meet this objective, students will also develop relevant skills in the independent interpretation of sources and in the use of basic IT tool for bibliographic research.
Critical thinking skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will display a sufficiently independent critical approach in selecting and interpreting the notions that are most relevant their area of study and to the broader socio-cultural context in which they operate
Communication skills:
By the end of the workshop:
- students will be able to effectively communicate the acquired knowledge and disseminate it to the general public;
- student will have developed basic IT skills concerning knowledge preservation and transfer.
Learning skills:
By the end of the workshop, students will have developed the learning skills required to continue their studies in keeping with their own research interests. In order to meet this objective, students will also develop relevant skills in the independent interpretation of sources and in the use of basic IT tool for bibliographic research.
Lesson period: Second semester
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
Gruppo 1
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Modules or teaching units
Laboratorio Professionalizzante
- University credits: 2
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor:
Simonetta Stefano
Ricerca Bibliografica e redazione di un testo scientifico filosofico
- University credits: 1
Humanities workshops: 16 hours
Gruppo 2
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
- The role of uncertainty in the construction of scientific knowledge
- Elementary probability
- Countering the manipulation of uncertainty
- Elementary probability
- Countering the manipulation of uncertainty
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
Group work lead by instructors
Teaching Resources
- "Antiscienza e salute - Come difendersi da fake news e infodemia" (Clueb, 2025), a cura di Margherita Venturi, Silvano Fuso e Carmine Iorio
- Additional material provided by the instructor
- Additional material provided by the instructor
Assessment methods and Criteria
End-of course presentation of group work
Modules or teaching units
Laboratorio Professionalizzante
- University credits: 2
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor:
Hosni Hykel
Ricerca Bibliografica e redazione di un testo scientifico filosofico
- University credits: 1
Humanities workshops: 16 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
Friday 8:30-11:30
Second Floor, Cortile Ghiacchiaia. Please email me to secure your slot.
Reception:
every Monday, from 10 am to 1 pm
Department of Philosophy, first floor