PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE (ADVANCED COURSE)

The course of Philosophy of Knowledge, of theoretical field, deals with issues related to the elaboration and criticism of the foundation of knowledge, in relation to the themes evoked by classical thought and to the outcomes of modern and contemporary philosophical reflection. The course privileges the analytic work on texts, "the strenuous effort of the Concept" and the exhibition of the speculative terms devised by the thinkers who have measured themselves with the theme of knowledge

Detailed and critical knowledge of the issues and fundamental problems of philosophy of knowledge in relation to the nodal points of the Western philosophical tradition and its developments in the contemporary debate in the larger context of the crisis of the foundations in the philosophical thought of the twentieth century

Depth knowledge of the argumentative and methodological strategies regarding the theoretical size of philosophical experience

Ability to read and interpret a philosophical text, focusing on the theoretical approach

Ability to analyze, understand and argue the reasons underlying the philosophical issues in view of a theoretical reworking, also in relation to the consequences of a practical nature

Depht knowledge of the history of philosophy, with particular regard to metaphysical themes

Heraclitism. Giovanni Gentile's dialectic

1) Gentile and Greek wisdom
2) Gentile and Heraclitus
2) Being and becoming

1.
G. Gentile, Eraclito. Vita e frammenti, Le Lettere, Firenze 2006
G. Gentile, La riforma della dialettica hegeliana, Le Lettere, Firenze 2025
G. Gentile, Teoria generale dello spirito come atto puro, Le Lettere, Firenze 1998
G. Gentile, Sistema di logica come teoria del conoscere, Le lettere, Firenze 2025
G. Gentile, Storia della filosofia. Dalle origini a Platone, Le Lettere, Firenze 2003

2.
G. Bontadini, Gentile e la metafisica (1977), a cura di P. Bettineschi, Morcelliana, Brescia 2025
E. Severino, Attualismo e “serietà” della storia, in Id., Gli abitatori del tempo. La struttura dell’Occidente e il nichilismo, BUR, Milano 2009, pp. 151-166 (= Id., Gli abitatori del tempo. Cristianesimo, marxismo, tecnica, pref. di M. Donà, Armando, Roma 2022 [1978; 19812], pp. 116-127);

G. M. Barbuto, Gentile e il nichilismo, in M. Ciliberto (a cura di), Croce e Gentile. La cultura italiana e l'Europa, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 2016 (anche online: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/elenco-opere/Croce_e_Gentile/ )
M. Cosentino, Eraclito e Gentile, “Colophon” 4 (1998), pp. 20-29;

G. Brianese, Invito al pensiero di Gentile, Mursia, Milano 1996;

3. Approfondimenti
P. Bettineschi, Critica della prassi assoluta. Analisi dell'idealismo gentiliano, Napoli, Orthotes 2011
G. Bontadini, Studi sull’idealismo, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 1995
A. Del Noce, Giovanni Gentile, Il Mulino, Bologna 1990
M. Donà, Un pensiero sublime. Saggi su Giovanni Gentile, Inschibboleth, Roma 2018;
S. Natoli, Giovanni Gentile filosofo europeo, Borihghieri, Torino 1989
A. Negri, Giovanni Gentile. L’inquietudine del divenire, Le Lettere, Firenze 1992
E. Severino, Introduzione a G. Gentile, L’attualismo, Bompiani, Milano 2014
G. Sasso, Filosofia e idealismo. II. Giovanni Gentile, Bibliopolis, Napoli 1995
G. Sasso, La potenza e l’atto. Due saggi su Giovanni Gentile, La Nuova Italia, Firenze 1998
D. Spanio, Gentile, Carocci, Roma 2011;
C. Vigna, Studi gentiliani, 2 tomi, Orthotes, Napoli-Salerno 2018
M. Visentin, Il neoparmenidismo italiano. I. Le premesse storiche e filosofiche: Croce e Gentile, Bibliopolis, Napoli 2005
V. Vitiello, Hegel in Italia. Dalla storia alla logica, Guerini & Associati, Milano 2003 (II ed. riveduta e ampliata, Inschibboleth, Roma 2018)

M. Ciliberto (a cura di), Croce e Gentile. La cultura italiana e l'Europa, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 2016 (anche online: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/elenco-opere/Croce_e_Gentile/ )

For the examination, the student will have to demonstrate to:
1) know how to contextualize the themes of the course from the historical-philosophical point of view;
2) know the terminology, the fundamental concepts and the theoretical references of the texts explored by the course
3) being able to analytically reconstruct the trend of the analyzed texts, highlighting points/steps nodal and argument ways
4) grasp the outcomes of this specific approach to theme.

oral

A. Scores in the range of 18-22 will be assigned for:
- Sufficient knowledge of the textbooks and related topics
- Limited ability to use data and form independent judgments
- Sufficient communication skills.

B. Scores in the range of 23-26 will be assigned for:
- Fair knowledge of the textbooks and related topics
- Fair ability to use data and form independent judgments
- Fair communication skills.

C. Scores in the range of 27-30 will be assigned for:
- Good or excellent knowledge of the textbooks and related topics
- Good or excellent ability to use data and form independent judgments
- Fully appropriate communication skills.

D. The “laude” will be awarded to students with excellent knowledge and comprehension of the textbooks and related topics.

Lecture and seminar approach

The examination syllabus will be specified during the lessons.
Students who do not attend lessons are required to agree the program with the teacher.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development