Davide Francesco TARIZZO | PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHS TO THE MIND-BODY RELATION
Davide Francesco TARIZZO PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHS TO THE MIND-BODY RELATION
cod. 4412400044
PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHS TO THE MIND-BODY RELATION
| 4412400044 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE UMANE, FILOSOFICHE E DELLA FORMAZIONE | |
| EQF6 | |
| EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE | |
| 2019/2020 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-FIL/01 | 6 | 36 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| The first objective – more generally linked to the discipline – is to develop critical thinking regarding the human being in general and be able to reflect on its constitution as a ‘synolon’ (in Aristotle’s words) of mind and body. The second objective – more specifically connected to the students’ professional profile of this study-unit – is the acquisition of knowledge and competencies, on the child and on his/her mental/corporeal constitution, capable to go beyond longstanding, but always emerging, dichotomies to study the complex and inextricable interrelationships. The third objective – more inherent to the “abilities” the students needs to acquire – is to promote the use of the acquired competencies to ensure that the inextricable relationship of the body and mind is always at the centre of all the activities the child carries out. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| It is necessary that students have foundational knowledge of the history of philosophy from Plato to modern times. |
| Contents | |
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| The main theme of the study-unit is the body-mind relationship starting from infancy. The study-unit will be composed of four phases: a)In the first phase the central theme will be the relationship between body and mind; the way it has gradually been traditionally perceived, critically analysing the various perspectives adopted; b)the second phase concerns Merleau-Ponty’s innovative phenomenology of perception and its relation with psycho-analysis; c)The third phase will concentrate on the child’s development in his relationship with his/her own body and the others; d)The last phase will be dedicated on the in-depth analysis of the psycho-analytic theories, in particular those of Melanie Klien, in relation to child’s development of his/her own awareness. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| The study-unit comprises 36 hours of lectures. Students not attending the course can sit the exam provided they have completed the additional activities described in the section “assessment methods” and “textbooks”. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| Oral exam. The students can agree with the Professor if they wish to take formative tests during the course (useful to reduce the study-load of the final exam). The final oral exam consists of a discussion of the duration of 15/2 minutes, depending on the students’ preparation. The oral exam takes place in two stages. The first question will always focus on a theme chosen by the student - in order to verify his level of preparation, maturity and autonomy in the ability to choose and adequately argue, with logical-deductive abilities, the theme that found most interesting. The following questions will be aimed to ascertain a) the level of knowledge reached of the theoretical contents; b) the ability to use the contents learned in the future profession. For students not attending the lectures, the following additional tasks will be previously verified: reading of the texts listed below, on one of which (to be chosen) the student will have to draw up a report of no less than 5 pages. |
| Texts | |
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| 1)M. Merleau-Ponty, Fenomenologia della percezione, la parte dedicata al “Corpo”, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2002 – selected pages from this book will be provided by the Professor during the lectures; 2)Id., Il bambino e gli altri, Armando, Roma 2012; 3a)M. Klein, Il mondo interno del bambino 1952-58, prefazione di Giorgio Meneguz, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2012 OR, (TO CHOOSE BETWEEN) 3b) Id., I primi stadi dello sviluppo infantile 1935-46, prefazione di Franco De Masi, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2012 Students not attending the course are requested to read the following books: 1)U. Galimberti, Il corpo, Feltrinelli, Milano ed. aggiornata; 2)M. Klein, Il mondo interno del bambino 1952-58, prefazione di Giorgio Meneguz, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2012; 3) Id., I primi stadi dello sviluppo infantile 1935-46, prefazione di Franco De Masi, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 2012. |
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