Philosophical Hermeneutics

Students will acquire in-depth knowledge and skills in the field of theoretical philosophy, specifically in the area of philosophical hermeneutics. This discipline deals with philosophy understood as interpretation. It therefore aims to provide a critical understanding of the fundamental issues in the philosophy of interpretation. The teaching will focus on the influence that these developments have within contemporary philosophical discussion, to finally focus on the multiple legacies of philosophical hermeneutics, even outside its fields of origin (reflection on the tasks, methods and transmission of philosophy, analysis of signs, symbols and modes of experience). Alongside the reading of the classic authors of the philosophy of interpretation, paths of reflection will thus be proposed that enter the heart of the debates that animate research today. The course will focus on presenting the concepts and problems of specific hermeneutic areas of philosophical discussion, such as those pertinent to the status and method of philosophy, the philosophy of interpretation and the main contemporary debates related to it.

Knowledge and understanding
Upon completion of the course of study, the student will be able to
- present the leading theoretical cores of contemporary philosophical-hermeneutical knowledge and understand its vocabulary;
- distinguish the specificity of the philosophical problems addressed in the various perspectives presented;
- evaluate the form and rigor of philosophical arguments;
- describe the basic methodological elements of intellectual work in the field of hermeneutic and theoretical philosophy.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course of study, the student
- will be able to restate and articulate the main conceptual contributions of theoretical-hermeneutic philosophy;
- will be able to identify the reasons and arguments of the main philosophical contributions addressed;
- will be able to identify philosophical themes and problems as they manifest themselves in the different spheres of knowledge and culture;
- will be able to approach general issues by adopting the appropriate methodological perspectives;
- will be able to argue his own theses;
- will be able to apply his/her knowledge for the purpose of elaborating commentaries on the reference texts of the discipline.