Carmelo COLANGELO | HISTORY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURES AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL PROBLEMS

cod. 4412400117

HISTORY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURES AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL PROBLEMS

	4412400117
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, PHILOSOPHIC AND EDUCATION SCIENCES
	EQF6
	EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE
	2023/2024

CURRICULUM STUDY PLAN OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIO-PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATORS Cohort 2022/2023

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	FULL ACADEMIC YEAR

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
1	STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA DELLE CULTURE
	M-FIL/06	6	36	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
2	PROBLEMI ETICI CONTEMPORANEI
	M-FIL/03	6	36	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

	FRANCESCO PIRO1 T Curriculum
	CARMELO COLANGELO2 Curriculum

	Objectives
	THIS CYCLE OF LECTURES IS FOR STUDENTS WHO AIM TO USE PHILOSOPHY AS INSTRUMENT OF REFLECTION AND REFLECTION ON PROFESSIONAL PROBLEMS, WITHOUT NEEDING THAT SYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS REQUIRED IN ORDER OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IN THE SCHOOL. THE FIRST PART ("PRIMO MODULO") OFFERS A GENERAL MAP OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES WHICH HAVE AS OBJECTS THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS. THE SECOND PART (SECONDO MODULO) DISCUSSES THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY ETHICS, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS ACQUIRE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGES ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINES WHICH MAINLY INFLUENCED HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL THEORIES. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS ACQUIRE ABILITY TO USE PHILOSOPHY AS INSTRUMENT FOR A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF PARTICULAR PROBLEMS AND, MOREOVER, AS METHOD OF DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TO THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TOO.

THIS CYCLE OF LECTURES IS FOR STUDENTS WHO AIM TO USE PHILOSOPHY AS INSTRUMENT OF REFLECTION AND REFLECTION ON PROFESSIONAL PROBLEMS, WITHOUT NEEDING THAT SYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS REQUIRED IN ORDER OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IN THE SCHOOL.
THE FIRST PART ("PRIMO MODULO") OFFERS A GENERAL MAP OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES WHICH HAVE AS OBJECTS THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS. THE SECOND PART (SECONDO MODULO) DISCUSSES THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY ETHICS,
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS ACQUIRE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGES ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINES WHICH MAINLY INFLUENCED HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATIONAL THEORIES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS ACQUIRE ABILITY TO USE PHILOSOPHY AS INSTRUMENT FOR A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF PARTICULAR PROBLEMS AND, MOREOVER, AS METHOD OF DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION WHICH CAN BE APPLIED TO THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TOO.

	Prerequisites
	NONE

	Contents
	TOPIC: THOUGHT AND EMOTIONS THE WHOLE TEACHING WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC OF EMOTIONS, CONSIDERED BOTH BY A HISTORICO-CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW AND BY AN ETHICAL POINT OF VIEW. THE LECTURES WILL BE LEADED BY A SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSION OF MARTHA NUSSBAUM'S PIVOTAL BOOK "UPHEAVELS OF THOUGHT: THE INTELLIGENCE OF EMOTIONS" (2003). THE FIRST CYCLE OF LECTURES (WINTER SEMESTER, PROF: PIRO) WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC "THE GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES OF EMOTIONS", IT WILL DISCUSS THE FIRST PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK (CHAPTERS 1-4), ADDING FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS OF EMOTIONS ALONG WESTERN CULTURAL HISTORY. THE SLIDES OF THESE LECTURES WILL BE EDITED AT THE END OF THE CYCLE ON THE PERSONAL WEBPAGE OF THE TEACHER (PROF. PIRO) THE SECOND CYCLE OF LECTURES (SPRING SEMESTER, PROF: COLANGELO) WILL FOCUS THE TOPIC "EMOTIONS IN MORAL LIFE" AND WILL DISCUSS MAINLY THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK, NAMELY THE EMOTIONS OF COMPASSION AND LOVE, IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS CONCERNING MORAL EMOTIONS.

Contents

TOPIC: THOUGHT AND EMOTIONS
THE WHOLE TEACHING WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC OF EMOTIONS, CONSIDERED BOTH BY A HISTORICO-CULTURAL POINT OF VIEW AND BY AN ETHICAL POINT OF VIEW. THE LECTURES WILL BE LEADED BY A SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSION OF MARTHA NUSSBAUM'S PIVOTAL BOOK "UPHEAVELS OF THOUGHT: THE INTELLIGENCE OF EMOTIONS" (2003).

THE FIRST CYCLE OF LECTURES (WINTER SEMESTER, PROF: PIRO) WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TOPIC "THE GREAT PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES OF EMOTIONS", IT WILL DISCUSS THE FIRST PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK (CHAPTERS 1-4), ADDING FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS OF EMOTIONS ALONG WESTERN CULTURAL HISTORY. THE SLIDES OF THESE LECTURES WILL BE EDITED AT THE END OF THE CYCLE ON THE PERSONAL WEBPAGE OF THE TEACHER (PROF. PIRO)

THE SECOND CYCLE OF LECTURES (SPRING SEMESTER, PROF: COLANGELO) WILL FOCUS THE TOPIC "EMOTIONS IN MORAL LIFE" AND WILL DISCUSS MAINLY THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK, NAMELY THE EMOTIONS OF COMPASSION AND LOVE, IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS CONCERNING MORAL EMOTIONS.

	Teaching Methods
	LETEACHING CONTENTS WILL BE: (A) INTRODUCED AND SUPPORTED BY AUDIOVISUAL METHODS (SLIDES, SHORT MOVIES); (B) SUPPORTED FURTHER THROUGH THE COMMON READING OF SHORT TEXTS FROM THE HANDBOOK OR FROM THE WORKS OF THE DISCUSSED AUTHORS: (C) ABSORBED THROUGH THE PERSONAL READING OF SLIDE AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT THE TEACHER SENDS TO THE STUDENTS. (D) FURTHER DISCUSSED THROUGH OPEN DISCUSSION SEMINARS USING THE CIRCLE TIME SETTING; (E) AT THE END OF THE FIRST CYCLE (PRIMO MODULO) IT WILL BE ORGANISED A PARTIAL PROOF WHICH WILL DESCHARGE THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST CYCLE FROM THE FINAL PROOF. THE DAY AND THE MODALITIES OF THE PROOF WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE CLASS IN THE FINAL LECTURE OF THE FIRST CYCLE.

Teaching Methods

LETEACHING CONTENTS WILL BE:
(A) INTRODUCED AND SUPPORTED BY AUDIOVISUAL METHODS (SLIDES, SHORT MOVIES);
(B) SUPPORTED FURTHER THROUGH THE COMMON READING OF SHORT TEXTS FROM THE HANDBOOK OR FROM THE WORKS OF THE DISCUSSED AUTHORS:
(C) ABSORBED THROUGH THE PERSONAL READING OF SLIDE AND OTHER MATERIALS THAT THE TEACHER SENDS TO THE STUDENTS.
(D) FURTHER DISCUSSED THROUGH OPEN DISCUSSION SEMINARS USING THE CIRCLE TIME SETTING;
(E) AT THE END OF THE FIRST CYCLE (PRIMO MODULO) IT WILL BE ORGANISED A PARTIAL PROOF WHICH WILL DESCHARGE THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST CYCLE FROM THE FINAL PROOF. THE DAY AND THE MODALITIES OF THE PROOF WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE CLASS IN THE FINAL LECTURE OF THE FIRST CYCLE.

	Verification of learning
	THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE TEACHING PROGRAM. IT IS AIMED TO FIND THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVED BY THE STUDENT, AND TO VERIFY THE EXPOSURE CAPACITY (APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND ABILITY OF AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OF THE SPEECH) AT THE END OF THE WINTER SEMESTER, IT IS OFFERED TO STUDENTS THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING AN INTERCOURSE PROOF WHICH DESCHARGE THE FINAL PROOF FROM THE WINTER CYCLE'S CONTENTS.

Verification of learning

THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE TEACHING PROGRAM. IT IS AIMED TO FIND THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACHIEVED BY THE STUDENT, AND TO VERIFY THE EXPOSURE CAPACITY (APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND ABILITY OF AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OF THE SPEECH)
AT THE END OF THE WINTER SEMESTER, IT IS OFFERED TO STUDENTS THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING AN INTERCOURSE PROOF WHICH DESCHARGE THE FINAL PROOF FROM THE WINTER CYCLE'S CONTENTS.

	Texts
	THE ONLY MANDATORY BOOK TO READ IS: MARTHA NUSSBAUM, UPHEAVELS OF THOUGHT. THE INTELLIGENCE OF EMOTIONS, CAMBRIDGE UP 2003 (ENGLISH ORIGINAL TEXT OR ITALIAN TRANSLATION OR EVEN TRANSLATION IN SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN) THE FIRST CYCLE OF LECTURES WILL CONCERN MAINLY THE FIRST PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK (CHAPTERS 1-2-3-4). THE SECOND CYCLE OF LECTURES WILL CONCERN MAINLY THE SECOND AND THIRD PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK (CHAPTERS 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 13). COUNSELLED TEXTS: STUDENTS WHO CANNOT BE PRESENT TO THE LECTURES NEED TO READ SOME INTRODUCTORY WORK TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF EMOTIONS, FOR INSTANCE MARCO MENIN, IL FASCINO DELLE EMOZIONI, IL MULINO, CAPP. 1 - 2- 4 - 5 (BUT EVEN ANOTHER INTRODUCTORY READING IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH IS SUITABLE).

Texts

THE ONLY MANDATORY BOOK TO READ IS:

MARTHA NUSSBAUM, UPHEAVELS OF THOUGHT. THE INTELLIGENCE OF EMOTIONS, CAMBRIDGE UP 2003
(ENGLISH ORIGINAL TEXT OR ITALIAN TRANSLATION OR EVEN TRANSLATION IN SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN)

THE FIRST CYCLE OF LECTURES WILL CONCERN MAINLY THE FIRST PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK (CHAPTERS 1-2-3-4).
THE SECOND CYCLE OF LECTURES WILL CONCERN MAINLY THE SECOND AND THIRD PART OF NUSSBAUM'S BOOK (CHAPTERS 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 13).

COUNSELLED TEXTS: STUDENTS WHO CANNOT BE PRESENT TO THE LECTURES NEED TO READ SOME INTRODUCTORY WORK TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF EMOTIONS, FOR INSTANCE MARCO MENIN, IL FASCINO DELLE EMOZIONI, IL MULINO, CAPP. 1 - 2- 4 - 5 (BUT EVEN ANOTHER INTRODUCTORY READING IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH IS SUITABLE).

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