Università Roma Tre

The course intends to present the main conceptual nodes that innervate the philosophical reflection on habit from modernity onwards, with particular attention to the development that this theme assumes especially from the nineteenth century, also in correlation with the debate between philosophy and psychology, considering that the theme of habit has rediscovered a specific interest on the part of contemporary cognitive sciences.
In the course a text by William James on habit will be considered and commented on, particularly illustrative of this debate at the intersection between philosophy and psychology.

1. Marco Piazza, Creature dell’abitudine. Abito, costume, seconda natura da Aristotele alle scienze cognitive, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018.
2. William James, Le leggi dell’abitudine, a cura di D. Vincenti, Milan, Mimesis, 2019.

We recommend reading: P. Guarnieri, Introduzione a William James, Rome-Bari, Laterza, 1985 or Giuseppe Riconda, Invito al pensiero di William James, Mursia, Milano, 1999.