Study-unit HERMENEUTICS

Course name Philosophy and psychological science and techniques
Study-unit Code A000360
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Giancarlo Marchetti
Lecturers
  • Giancarlo Marchetti
Hours
  • 36 ore - Giancarlo Marchetti
CFU 6
Course Regulation Coorte 2023
Supplied 2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Sector M-FIL/01
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Nietzsche's philosophy. The Tragic Age of the Greeks. In this respect, the key concepts of Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks will be analyzed.
Reference texts F. Nietzsche, La filosofia nell’epoca tragica dei Greci, Adelphi (limitatamente ai capp. 2 e 3; pp. 25-78).
F. Nietzsche, La nascita della tragedia, Einaudi(limitatamente ai capp. I-XV).
Un testo a scelta:
C. Piazzesi, Nietzsche, Carocci
V. Tejera, Nietzsche and Greek Thought, Springer
Educational objectives This teaching aims to provide to the students basic knowledge of Nietzsche's tought and of the philosophers with whom it is compared. The main knowledge that students will acquire is knowledge of the theoretical core and the most significant passages of the topics covered and the acquisition of critical judgment.
students must develop learning and communication skills
Prerequisites In order to be able to understand the course, students must have the basic notions of contemporary philosophical thought.
This precondition is valid both for attending and not attending students
Teaching methods The course is organized as follows:
Lectures face-to-face will deal with the issues related to the interpretation of texts read
Other information Frequency of lessons: Optional.
Learning verification modality The examination includes only the final oral test consisting of a discussion-interview on the topics discussed during the course and examined in-depth through recommended texts.The text aims at assuring the level of knowledge and critical understanding, as well as synthesis achieved by the student. Moreover, this interview, verify that the student is able to communicate, with method, linguistic-philosophical appropriateness, and exposure, what he has acquired. The duration of the test varies depending on the performance of the test itself.

In case a student intends to anticipate his/her exam in a year preceding the one it is scheduled in his/her curriculum, it is recommended to anticipate as well the attendance of the lessons and to schedule the exam in the first useful session after the lessons have been concluded.
Extended program Nietzsche and Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks. For Nietzsche, the confrontation with Greece is an essential and revealing point of the self-understanding of modern man.