Philosophy and Human Sciences
Doctoral programme (PhD)
A.Y. 2022/2023
Study area
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
The doctoral programme in Philosophy and Human Sciences is a brand new higher education programme which integrates the skills required for theoretical and experimental research in disciplines such as anthropology, geography, linguistics, psychology and cognitive science, social science, art theory and criticism with the findings of philosophical research, both theoretical and historical. The programme makes use of the multidisciplinary skills of the Board of Lecturers and aims to provide extensive knowledge in specific sectors of basic and applied research. It promotes innovative and cutting-edge research in areas requiring the ability to master theories, methods and techniques from various fields. In particular, the programme aims to provide students with a solid philosophical and scientific grounding in one of the following research areas: (i) History of philosophical and scientific thought (ii) Ethics and political thought (iii) Image theory and phenomenology of experience (iv) Logic and theory of languages (v) Philosophy of mind and cognitive science (vi) Anthropology and territory.
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Dipartimento di Filosofia "Piero Martinetti" - Via Festa del Perdono, 7 - Milano
- Main offices
Dipartimento di Filosofia "Piero Martinetti" - Via Festa del Perdono, 7 - Milano - Degree course coordinator: Andrea Pinotti
[email protected] - Degree course website
http://www.dipafilo.unimi.it/ecm/home/scuola-di-dottorato/dfesu/attivita-didattica
| Title | Professor(s) |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Philosophy (1): Phenomenology; Existentialism; Hermeneutics; Philosophical Anthropology | |
| Contemporary Philosophy (2): Pragmatism and Philosophy of Practices; Genealogy | |
| Contemporary Philosophy (3): Metaphysics | |
| Theories of language (1): Language and Metaphysics; Semantic Theories of Language | |
| Theories of language (2): Glottology; Comparative Linguistics; Comparative Morphosyntax | |
| Aesthetics (1): Image theories and Visual Culture; Theories of Cinema and Photography; Media Theories and Media Archaeologies; Cultural Studies | |
| Aesthetics (2): Performance Studies; Philosophy and Literature; Rhetoric; Neuroaesthetics | |
| Aesthetics (3): History of Aesthetics: Philosophical Concepts of Aesthetic Nature; Aesthetics in Premodern Philosophy | |
| Ethics and Politics (1): Contemporary Theories of Recognition and Justice; Identities (Gender) Theories | |
| Ethics and Politics (2): Animal Studies | |
| Ethics and Politics (4): History of Modern Political Thought; Democracy; Public Opinion; Politics and Psychology; Medieval Models of Political and Economical Sovereignty | |
| Ethics and Politics (5): Foundations of ethics; Contemporary value theory; Philosophy of history; political philosophy (liberalism and communitarianism); philosophical anthropology | |
| History of Philosophy (1): Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic and Post-Hellenistic Philosophy | |
| History of Philosophy (2): The Platonic Tradition from Antiquity to German Idealism; The Aristotelian Tradition from Antiquity to the Modern Age | |
| History of Philosophy (3): Censorship and Libertas Philosophandi from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment | |
| History of Philosophy (4): Good life, virtue, and happiness from Antiquity to the Enlightenment | |
| History of Philosophy (5): History of Ethics from the 17th to the 20th Century | |
| History of Philosophy (6): Epistemology, Ethics and Politics in Ancient and Modern Thought | |
| History of Philosophy (7): Epistemology and ontology in Contemporary Thought | |
| History of Philosophy (8): Kant and German Classical Philosophy | |
| History of Philosophy (9): Metaphysics and Philosophy of Nature from Antiquity to the Modern Age | |
| History and Philosophy of the Sciences | |
| Anthropology (1): Material Culture, Media and Symbolic Representations | |
| Anthropology (2): anthropology of science and indigenous epistemologies | |
| Anthropology (3): mobility, solidarity, cooperation, humanitarianism and social identities | |
| Anthropology (4): anthropology of nature; culture and environment; relationship between humans and non-humans. | |
| Geography: Populations, Migrations and Borders; Geopolitics; Political Borders; Cultural Borders | |
| Geography (2): Climatic changes; Environmental geo-history; landscape evolution; socio-environmental conflicts | |
| Pedagogy; Didactics and special pedagogy: Didactics, Educational technology, Media Education, inclusive education | |
| Sociology (1): science and technology studies (STS), epistemology and constructivism | |
| Sociology (2): workplaces studies, coordination studies, interaction, language, senses | |
| Sociology (3): ethnographic experiments, video-analysis, methodology of social research, research methods (survey, discursive interview, focus group, ethnography) |
Courses list
November 2022
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Filmology and Media-Archaeology: Approaches and Methods | 4 | 20 | Italian | |
| Philosophy And/as/of Literature | 2 | 11 | Italian | |
| Philosophy in German: Words, Concepts, Tools and Methods | 2 | 11 | Italian | |
February 2023
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Academic Presentations: from Organization to Delivery | Bait Miriam
|
2 | 12 | Italian, English |
| Feminist and Queer Philosophy Lab - for a Critical Account of Western Thought | 2 | 10 | Italian | |
| Performing identities seminars. il ritorno della materia . ii parte | 2 | 10 | Italian | |
March 2023
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Idealist Paradoxes of Belief and Action | 3 | 15 | English | |
| The Communication of Research in Philosophy and Human Sciences | Ampollini Ilaria
|
4 | 20 | Italian |
April 2023
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Identities, Bodies, Artifacts: a Neuroaesthetic Approach | Calbi Marta
|
4 | 20 | Italian |
| Study and Research in the Age of the Digital Humanities: the Sphaera Project of the Max Planck Institute, Berlin | 2 | 10 | Italian | |
| Themes in the Epistemology of Collaboration | 2 | 10 | English | |
May 2023
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| How to Be a Discussant At a Conference | 2 | 10 | Italian | |
| Introduction to Data Science for the Humanities | 4 | 20 | English | |
| Writing Anthropology, from Research Design to Monograph: Methodological Reflections | 2 | 10 | English | |
June 2023
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Extended Worlds: Vr, Ar, Mr | 3 | 15 | Italian | |
September 2023
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optional | ||||
| Designing a Research Project in Philosophy: Strategies and Challenges | 3 | 15 | Italian | |
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