PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FIORATO Pierfrancesco

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

basic knowledge of the history of philosophy

AF code:

10530460

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Final oral examination

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Direct acquaintance with one or more classical works of the philosophical tradition. Comprehension and contextualization of each classical work in its theoretical and historical dimensions. Development of ability to analyze and critically understand philosophical texts, and in particular to identify and evaluate argumentations, through guided reading and discussion of the work/s, or by individual study of the work/s.

Contents

Karl Löwith's critique of the philosophy of history

Recommended Bibliography

Karl Löwith, Meaning in History

Karl Löwith, Vom Sinn der Geschichte, in: Id., Weltgeschichte und Heilsgeschehen. Zur Kritik der Geschichtsphilosophie

Karl Löwith, Das Verhängnis des Fortschritts, in: Id., Weltgeschichte und Heilsgeschehen. Zur Kritik der Geschichtsphilosophie

Karl Löwith, Geschichte, Geschichtlichkeit und Seinsgeschick, in: Id., Heidegger. Denker in dürftiger Zeit

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Taught lectures; readings of key texts

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