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CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

Gian Paolo CAMMAROTA CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
PHILOSOPHY
2024/2025

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2021
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
GIAN PAOLO CAMMAROTA T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO MAGGIO26/05/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO GIUGNO17/06/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO LUGLIO09/07/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO SETTEMBRE09/09/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO DICEMBRE10/12/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN TOPICS AND FIGURES OF THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH:
THE MAIN SPECULATIVE ORIENTATIONS, SOME THEMES AND FIGURES OF THINKERS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY;
THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERPRETATIVE AND HISTORIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES;
THE MAIN TOOLS OF HISTORIOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION AIMED AT PROVIDING A WIDE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE;
THE CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ROOTS AT THE BASIS OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDY OF THE DISCIPLINE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO:
APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE THROUGH TEXTUAL READING EXPERIENCES AND THROUGH THE APPROACH TO THE MAIN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;
TO PLACE THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN BOTH A DIACHRONIC AND A SYNCHRONIC CONTEXT AND TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE DIFFERENT SPECULATIVE FIGURES AND TRADITIONS;
USE THE CATEGORIES AND THE SPECIFIC LEXICON OF THE DISCIPLINE, ALSO IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DIRECTION.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
RE-ELABORATE THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AUTONOMOUSLY IN VIEW OF THE MATURATION OF A CRITICAL SPIRIT
SELECT AND PROBLEMATIZE THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED;
ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THOUGHT,
CRITICALLY UNDERSTAND THE SENSE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND THE INTERTWINING OF KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGES
CRITICALLY UNDERSTAND THE PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL TRADITIONS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
ORGANIZE AND SYSTEMATIZE THE RESULTS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE USE OF CATEGORIES AND THE APPROPRIATE VOCABULARY;
PARTICIPATE IN SEMINARS AND DEBATES ADEQUATELY EXPOSING THEIR POSITIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED
DIALOGUE WITH OTHERS AND RECOGNIZE THEIR REASONS;
PARTICIPATE IN GROUP WORK.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
USE A HISTORICAL-CONCEPTUAL "TOOLBOX";
SOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH APPROPRIATE REASONING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CRITICAL JUDGMENT;
SHARE THE RESULTS ACHIEVED WITH A CORRECT ARGUMENTATION AND PRESENTATION;
CARRY OUT THEMATIC IN-DEPTH STUDIES.
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
KANT'S NORMATIVE ETHICS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE

CONTENTS OF THE COURSE:

THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN META-ETHICS AND NORMATIVE ETHICS (6 H)
THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE
META-ETHICS AND NORMATIVE ETHICS IN KANT
THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS AND KANTIAN PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY

NORMATIVE ETHICS IN IMMANUEL KANT (8 H)
METAPHYSICS OF MORALS AND PRACTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
FACULTY OF DESIRE, FEELING AND MORAL LAWS
LAW AND MOTIVE

ETHICS AS A DOCTRINE OF VIRTUE (8 H)
THE PRINCIPLE OF DUTY AND PURE REASON
ETHICS AND THE MAXIMS OF ACTIONS
CONCEPT OF VIRTUE AND MEANING OF DUTY
THE SUPREME PRINCIPLE OF THE DOCTRINE OF VIRTUE AS A SYNTHETIC PRINCIPLE

THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF MORAL SENSIBILITY (8 H)
MORAL FEELING
CONSCIENCE
LOVE OF HUMAN BEINGS
RESPECT
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS
Verification of learning
THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS IN AN ORAL EXAM WHICH WILL VERIFY THE PREPARATION OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL AS THEIR CAPACITY TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINING ARGUMENTS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS WITHIN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY. THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN A CLEAR AND UNIVOCAL WAY THE AQUIRED CONTENTS AND METHODS WILL BE ASSESSED.
Texts
I. KANT, METAFISICA DEI COSTUMI, A C. DI G. LANDOLFI PETRONE, TESTO A FRONTE, BOMPIANI, MILANO 2006, IN PARTICOLARE LE SEGUENTI SEZIONI: PARTE PRIMA (PREFAZIONE E INTRODUZIONE ALLA METAFISICA DEI COSTUMI); PARTE SECONDA (INTRODUZIONE ALLA DOTTRINA DELLA VIRTÙ).
R. MORDACCI, KANT-RENAISSANCE. LA RISCOPERTA DELL’ETICA NORMATIVA DI KANT, IN I. KANT, METAFISICA DEI COSTUMI, A C. DI G. LANDOLFI PETRONE, TESTO A FRONTE, BOMPIANI, MILANO 2006, PP. 741-798.

S. BACIN, IL SENSO DELL’ETICA. KANT E LA COSTRUZIONE DI UNA TEORIA MORALE, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA 2006, PP. 224-266.

G. P. CAMMAROTA, COSCIENZA MORALE E CONSAPEVOLEZZA DELLA LEGGE MORALE. INTERPRETAZIONI DELLA COSCIENZA MORALE IN KANT, IN «FILOSOFIA E TEOLOGIA», XXV, 2, 2011, PP. 286-310.
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