Teacher
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PIAZZA MARCO
(syllabus)
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. The first unit (3 CFU) presents the philosophies of habit from Aristotle to XVIII century included. The second unit (3 CFU) presents the philosophies of habit of XIX and XX centuries, analyzing in deep two texts on habit - one by Léon Dumont and one by William James -, particularly illustratives of this debate at the intersection between philosophy and psychology.
(reference books)
Unit 1: 1. Marco Piazza, Creature dell’abitudine. Abito, costume, seconda natura da Aristotele alle scienze cognitive, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018. Unit 2: One book at your choice between: 2.1. Léon Dumont, L’abitudine, ed. by D. Vincenti, Milan, Mimesis, 2020 2.2 William James, Le leggi dell’abitudine, ed. by 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, Milan, Mursia, 1999.
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