HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA MEDIEVALE
Course code
FT0212 (AF:409726 AR:257555)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
M-FIL/08
Period
2nd Term
Course year
2
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This course is an Introduction to main themes, authors, and interpretations of the medieval philosophy
Ability to understand a medieval philosophical text, to be aware of the general subjects of medieval philosophy and to have a deeper knowledge of the main topics of the course.
There is no mandatory prerequisite, but a previous general knowledge of history of ancient and medieval philosophy could be useful.
In the first part of the course we will introduce introductory ideas on medieval philosophy. In the monographic part we will focus on Marsilius of Padua's Defensor pacis.
The precise program of the course, including handbooks, texts, essays, will be communicated later.
Provisional program:
Handbook: Giuseppe Cambiano - Luca Fonnesu - Massimo Mori, "Medioevo e Rinascimento", Il Mulino 2014 (Storia della filosofia occidentale/2), capp. 1-6 (sul Medioevo).
Books:
Marsilio da Padova, Il Difensore della pace, (any edition).

G. Briguglia, Il pensiero politico medievale, Einaudi 2018, capp. 3-7.
The modality of examination consists in an oral exam, but the precise nature of the exam will be explained at the beginning of the course.
Traditional frontal teaching.
Italian
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 20/10/2023