Programma

Nature and Subject in the Leibniz’s and Kant’s Philosophy
The course aims to examine the concepts of nature and subject in Leibniz's Monadology and in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, by keeping in view some guiding notions declined in different ways in the twoo philosophies: body/mind, sensibility/intellect, quantity/quality,discrete/continuous, mechanism/teleology.

Testi Adottati

G.W. Leibniz, The Monadology, and Other Philosophical Writings; with an introduction and notes by Robert Latta, New York; Garland
Kant's Critique of pure reason : background source materials, edited and translated by Eric Waktins, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Anthony Savile, Leibniz and the Monadology, London, Routledge

Modalità Erogazione

The course aims to enable a critical reflection about two ethical and social categories: body/mind, sensibility/intellect, quantity/quality,discrete/continuous, mechanism/teleology. Favoured are knowledge, awareness and critical analisys of some theoretical and moral issues of the contemporary history of the philosophy. The lectures are based on direct reading of the texts of the classical philosophers included in the program. During the course, papers written by the students on a topic of the classical texts in the program are discussed in the lecture hall. The paper is typically 10-12 pages long (3000 words). The writing and discussion activities are aimed at promoting linguistic-conceptual skills, developing expressive, cognitive and critical potential in the specific subject area.

Modalità Frequenza

non-mandatory frequency

Modalità Valutazione

Interview+ paper (3000 words).The ongoing evaluation concerns the papers written by the students during the course.

Programma

Nature and Subject in the Leibniz’s and Kant’s Philosophy
The course aims to examine the concepts of nature and subject in Leibniz's Monadology and in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, by keeping in view some guiding notions declined in different ways in the twoo philosophies: body/mind, sensibility/intellect, quantity/quality,discrete/continuous, mechanism/teleology.

Testi Adottati

G.W. Leibniz, The Monadology, and Other Philosophical Writings; with an introduction and notes by Robert Latta, New York; Garland
Kant's Critique of pure reason : background source materials, edited and translated by Eric Waktins, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Anthony Savile, Leibniz and the Monadology, London, Routledge

Modalità Erogazione

The course aims to enable a critical reflection about two ethical and social categories: body/mind, sensibility/intellect, quantity/quality,discrete/continuous, mechanism/teleology. Favoured are knowledge, awareness and critical analisys of some theoretical and moral issues of the contemporary history of the philosophy. The lectures are based on direct reading of the texts of the classical philosophers included in the program. During the course, papers written by the students on a topic of the classical texts in the program are discussed in the lecture hall. The paper is typically 10-12 pages long (3000 words). The writing and discussion activities are aimed at promoting linguistic-conceptual skills, developing expressive, cognitive and critical potential in the specific subject area.

Modalità Frequenza

non-mandatory frequency

Modalità Valutazione

Interview+ paper (3000 words).The ongoing evaluation concerns the papers written by the students during the course.

Programma

Nature and Subject in the Leibniz’s and Kant’s Philosophy
The course aims to examine the concepts of nature and subject in Leibniz's Monadology and in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, by keeping in view some guiding notions declined in different ways in the twoo philosophies: body/mind, sensibility/intellect, quantity/quality,discrete/continuous, mechanism/teleology.

Testi Adottati

G.W. Leibniz, The Monadology, and Other Philosophical Writings; with an introduction and notes by Robert Latta, New York; Garland
Kant's Critique of pure reason : background source materials, edited and translated by Eric Waktins, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
Anthony Savile, Leibniz and the Monadology, London, Routledge

Modalità Erogazione

The course aims to enable a critical reflection about two ethical and social categories: body/mind, sensibility/intellect, quantity/quality,discrete/continuous, mechanism/teleology. Favoured are knowledge, awareness and critical analisys of some theoretical and moral issues of the contemporary history of the philosophy. The lectures are based on direct reading of the texts of the classical philosophers included in the program. During the course, papers written by the students on a topic of the classical texts in the program are discussed in the lecture hall. The paper is typically 10-12 pages long (3000 words). The writing and discussion activities are aimed at promoting linguistic-conceptual skills, developing expressive, cognitive and critical potential in the specific subject area.

Modalità Frequenza

non-mandatory frequency

Modalità Valutazione

Interview+ paper (3000 words).The ongoing evaluation concerns the papers written by the students during the course.