HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY B

Giulio D'ONOFRIO HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY B

0312500163
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
PHILOSOPHY
2018/2019

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
I. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE WESTERN HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND THEOLOGICAL THOUGHT; ABILITY TO APPROACH THE PECULIAR WAYS OF THINKING IN MEDIEVAL TIME, TO ANALYSE AND REFLECT CRITICALLY AND CONTEXTUALLY THE THEORETICAL PRODUCTS, THE METHODOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL MEDIEVAL LITERATURE. II. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTICULAR VALUE OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL MEDIEVAL PARADIGM; ABILITY TO ACHIEVE A CRITICAL HERMENEUTIC APPROACH TO THE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL TEXT, NOT ONLY IN TRANSLATION BUT ALSO IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, AND TO THE SECONDARY SOURCES.
Prerequisites
NO SPECIFIC PREREQUISITES REQUIRED.
Contents
MASTERING THE LEARNING AND INQUIRING TOOLS THAT ARE USEFUL IN THE STUDY OF HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
COURSE DESCRIPTION (2016-2017): MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY AS “VERA PHILOSOPHIA”: A MODEL OF THOUGHT.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS. LECTURES ON MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE AND RELATING DOCUMENTS, WITH GUIDED INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS. DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL GROUND, THE THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE ACTUALITY OF THE CONCERNED QUESTIONS. REGULAR AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS SHOULD AGREE UPON EXAM-PROGRAM DIRECTLY WITH THE TEACHER.
Verification of learning
THE TEST CONSISTS IN AN ORAL EXAMINATION FOR CHECKING THE STUDENT PREPARATION TO USE THE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE of the discipline
Texts
MAIN REFERENCE BOOK FOR THE COURSE: G. D’ONOFRIO, “VERA PHILOSOPHIA”. STUDI SUL PENSIERO CRISTIANO IN ETÀ TARDO-ANTICA, ALTO-MEDIEVALE E UMANISTICA, ED. CITTÀ NUOVA, ROMA 2013 (ENGLISH TEXT: G. D’ONOFRIO, “VERA PHILOSOPHIA”. STUDIES IN LATE ANTIQUE, EARLY MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE CHRISTIAN THOUGHT, BREPOLS PUBLISHERS, TURNHOUT, BELGIUM, 2008), ONLY PP. 13-242 (ENGL. VERS. PP. 11-264)
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