Università Roma Tre

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

This course will give an overall introduction to ancient philosophy from the origins to the 6th century CE. Furthermore, we will read passages from Aristotle regarding the theory of substance and categories.

The course aims to analyze the great question of the metaphysical proofs of God in the medieval period. After a preliminary introduction to the general historical philosophical issues most relevant of the middle ages, classes will focus on the rational foundation of the relationship between human knowledge and divine truth in the lyrics of some of he most significant contributions patristic and scholastic speculation.

The course intends to analyze the issue of the philosophy today, its sense, its validity, its research that, as such, is difficult to teach, in so far thinking, as Sartre said, is “to proceed beyond”. Undeniable is the role played by Lacan to carry us outside from Modernity towards a reality that begins where the world ends. Which is then the philosopher’s task? Rocco Ronchi, facing to the supremacy of analytic philosophy or the legacy of a historiographic and philological attitude, declares the end of the theoretical philosophy. What is left of a philosophy considered as a quest for the absolute and the universal, which cannot be reduced to the limits of the human thought? In the contemporary age this is the challenge for those who dedicate themselves to the philosophical research, which is torn by the alternative between a people-oriented philosophy, and a philosophy that, looking beyond the human limits, aims to win back its ancient role of aspiration to the absolute. The latter implies the overcoming of the human understandings, and it could even share the aspirations of the science.

The aim of the course is to analyze the dynamics of the technological transformations and the social changes connected to the transition from mass media communication to the contemporary new media practices . Through the analysis of producers/consumers practices, as well as the related technological, cultural and educational assumptions, the objective of the course is to provide theoretical and practical tools useful for understanding the dynamics of social behaviour mediated by digital technologies: participation, sharing, crossmedia communication, prosumerism, remix, mash up, content management, user generated content.

Reading philosophical and literary texts, the workshop proposes an introduction to the basic philosophical and textual practices: analysis, synthesis, problematization, conceptualization, argumentation, imagination, storytelling, meditation, dialogue. The meeting with classical texts and meaningful interpretations will give the opportunity for a training in attention, active listening and writing.

Analyze a few aspects of the changes to the idea of a philosophy of history, to the emegence of a genealogical type concept, marked by a multiplicity of interpretative proposals on the rality of man, rational progress, and the purpose of human actions.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The students will be introduced to I) some skeptical themes from the history of modern philosophy, as well as to arguments aimed to neutralise them; II) some consideration for and against realism with respect to scientific theories and the entities they postulate.

Introduction to the themes and problems of the philosophy of science, framed historically and critically. In order to give more concreteness to such problems, we will examine the classic Cartesian problem of the body-mind relationship by posing the following philosophical question: is it in principle possible to give a scientific account of human consciousness? (Edelman e Tononi)

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

This course will give an overall introduction to ancient philosophy from the origins to the 6th century CE. Furthermore, we will read passages from Aristotle regarding the theory of substance and categories.

The course aims to analyze the great question of the metaphysical proofs of God in the medieval period. After a preliminary introduction to the general historical philosophical issues most relevant of the middle ages, classes will focus on the rational foundation of the relationship between human knowledge and divine truth in the lyrics of some of he most significant contributions patristic and scholastic speculation.

Layout of the course:a) The question of power after the state b) Sovereignty and potestas indirectae c) Ancient and modern cosmopolitanism d) Postcolonial cosmopolitanism e) Political difference: hybridations, identity conflicts, new antagonisms

The course aims to examine the problem of determinism in moral action: the investigation starts examining Leibniz’s meditation on divine perfection and on the origin of the evil, and develops considering the relation between the categorical imperatives and Kant’s reflections at the time of the “critics”.

The role of action and technology in the debate between nature and culture

The course analyses Seneca’s moral doctrine in the context of stoic ethics.For Seneca happiness is not about pleasure, but in a life lived following the principle of reason. How to pursue happiness in a world dominated by violent political and religious practices and with the awareness of our mortality?

The course will focus on some methodological problems in Max Weber (the concepts in the social science, the ideal type theory) and on Weber’s relationship between capitalism and protestant ethic in The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, compared with Walter Benjamin’s relationship between capitalism and religion in the fragment Kapitalismus als religion

The course aims to highlight the convergence or even the substantial identity between the two famous Aristotelian definition of Homo sapiens animal that has language and political animal. studying the texts of some important linguists and philosophers of language, as well as the major work of Hannah Arendt, Vita Activa, we would like to clarify the reasons for which the verbal language can be considered the biological organ of public praxis.

The first set of lessons will provide a general introduction to the natural and moral philosophy of the major thinker of the Renaissance. This will be followed by a close-reading and discussion of the most important passages in two emblematic texts, More’s Utopia and Campanella’s Città del sole, with a view of exploring the similarities and defferences between them. The course will also pay a particular attention to passages in works of Erasmus concerning peace.

The course is articulated in three passages:a) A genealogy of the main theories on the concept of “community” (moving froma Aristotle’s notions of oikonomia, koinon politikè, koinonia)b) A survey of the relationship between community and society (From Tönnies to Weber, from Durkheim to Mauss)c) An analysis of the contemporary debate on the notion of “commons”

The course investigates the history of utopian concepts. We will highlight the positive and negative aspects of thoughts that anticipate and reflect on the future.

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

This course will give an overall introduction to ancient philosophy from the origins to the 6th century CE. Furthermore, we will read passages from Aristotle regarding the theory of substance and categories.

The course aims to analyze the great question of the metaphysical proofs of God in the medieval period. After a preliminary introduction to the general historical philosophical issues most relevant of the middle ages, classes will focus on the rational foundation of the relationship between human knowledge and divine truth in the lyrics of some of he most significant contributions patristic and scholastic speculation.

The course intends to analyze the issue of the philosophy today, its sense, its validity, its research that, as such, is difficult to teach, in so far thinking, as Sartre said, is “to proceed beyond”. Undeniable is the role played by Lacan to carry us outside from Modernity towards a reality that begins where the world ends. Which is then the philosopher’s task? Rocco Ronchi, facing to the supremacy of analytic philosophy or the legacy of a historiographic and philological attitude, declares the end of the theoretical philosophy. What is left of a philosophy considered as a quest for the absolute and the universal, which cannot be reduced to the limits of the human thought? In the contemporary age this is the challenge for those who dedicate themselves to the philosophical research, which is torn by the alternative between a people-oriented philosophy, and a philosophy that, looking beyond the human limits, aims to win back its ancient role of aspiration to the absolute. The latter implies the overcoming of the human understandings, and it could even share the aspirations of the science.

The aim of the course is to analyze the dynamics of the technological transformations and the social changes connected to the transition from mass media communication to the contemporary new media practices . Through the analysis of producers/consumers practices, as well as the related technological, cultural and educational assumptions, the objective of the course is to provide theoretical and practical tools useful for understanding the dynamics of social behaviour mediated by digital technologies: participation, sharing, crossmedia communication, prosumerism, remix, mash up, content management, user generated content.

Reading philosophical and literary texts, the workshop proposes an introduction to the basic philosophical and textual practices: analysis, synthesis, problematization, conceptualization, argumentation, imagination, storytelling, meditation, dialogue. The meeting with classical texts and meaningful interpretations will give the opportunity for a training in attention, active listening and writing.

The role of action and technology in the debate between nature and culture

Analyze a few aspects of the changes to the idea of a philosophy of history, to the emegence of a genealogical type concept, marked by a multiplicity of interpretative proposals on the rality of man, rational progress, and the purpose of human actions.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The students will be introduced to I) some skeptical themes from the history of modern philosophy, as well as to arguments aimed to neutralise them; II) some consideration for and against realism with respect to scientific theories and the entities they postulate.

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

The course will analyze the theological interpretation of Aristotle's philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. After a preliminary general historical introduction to the most important philosophical questions of the Middle Ages, the lessons will focus on the reading of the Commentary of Thomas the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics.

The course aims to match the aristotelic conception of friendship wich is in Etica Nicomachea with some questions made by Derrida in Politiche dell'Amicizia.

Introduction to the themes and problems of the philosophy of science, framed historically and critically. In order to give more concreteness to such problems, we will examine the classic Cartesian problem of the body-mind relationship by posing the following philosophical question: is it in principle possible to give a scientific account of human consciousness? (Edelman e Tononi)

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

This course will give an overall introduction to ancient philosophy from the origins to the 6th century CE. Furthermore, we will read passages from Aristotle regarding the theory of substance and categories.

The course aims to analyze the great question of the metaphysical proofs of God in the medieval period. After a preliminary introduction to the general historical philosophical issues most relevant of the middle ages, classes will focus on the rational foundation of the relationship between human knowledge and divine truth in the lyrics of some of he most significant contributions patristic and scholastic speculation.

Layout of the course:a) The question of power after the state b) Sovereignty and potestas indirectae c) Ancient and modern cosmopolitanism d) Postcolonial cosmopolitanism e) Political difference: hybridations, identity conflicts, new antagonisms

The course aims to examine the problem of determinism in moral action: the investigation starts examining Leibniz’s meditation on divine perfection and on the origin of the evil, and develops considering the relation between the categorical imperatives and Kant’s reflections at the time of the “critics”.

The course analyses Seneca’s moral doctrine in the context of stoic ethics.For Seneca happiness is not about pleasure, but in a life lived following the principle of reason. How to pursue happiness in a world dominated by violent political and religious practices and with the awareness of our mortality?

The course will focus on some methodological problems in Max Weber (the concepts in the social science, the ideal type theory) and on Weber’s relationship between capitalism and protestant ethic in The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, compared with Walter Benjamin’s relationship between capitalism and religion in the fragment Kapitalismus als religion

The course aims to highlight the convergence or even the substantial identity between the two famous Aristotelian definition of Homo sapiens animal that has language and political animal. studying the texts of some important linguists and philosophers of language, as well as the major work of Hannah Arendt, Vita Activa, we would like to clarify the reasons for which the verbal language can be considered the biological organ of public praxis.

The first set of lessons will provide a general introduction to the natural and moral philosophy of the major thinker of the Renaissance. This will be followed by a close-reading and discussion of the most important passages in two emblematic texts, More’s Utopia and Campanella’s Città del sole, with a view of exploring the similarities and defferences between them. The course will also pay a particular attention to passages in works of Erasmus concerning peace.

The course is articulated in three passages:a) A genealogy of the main theories on the concept of “community” (moving froma Aristotle’s notions of oikonomia, koinon politikè, koinonia)b) A survey of the relationship between community and society (From Tönnies to Weber, from Durkheim to Mauss)c) An analysis of the contemporary debate on the notion of “commons”

The course investigates the history of utopian concepts. We will highlight the positive and negative aspects of thoughts that anticipate and reflect on the future.

The ancient philosophy class aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of ancient philosophy from its origins to the 6th century AD. A special focus will be given to Plato’s Republic, books 1-5. Passages from this work will be read against the wider background of Plato’s philosophy and the critical debate surrounding it, A brief overview will be given of the main issues in Plato’s Republic.

The course aims to highlight the thought of three authors that are basical to understand the occidental philosophy's iter about aethic problems.

Introduction to the themes and problems of the philosophy of science, framed historically and critically. In order to give more concreteness to such problems, we will examine the classic Cartesian problem of the body-mind relationship by posing the following philosophical question: is it in principle possible to give a scientific account of human consciousness? (Edelman e Tononi)

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

This course will give an overall introduction to ancient philosophy from the origins to the 6th century CE. Furthermore, we will read passages from Aristotle regarding the theory of substance and categories.

The course aims to analyze the great question of the metaphysical proofs of God in the medieval period. After a preliminary introduction to the general historical philosophical issues most relevant of the middle ages, classes will focus on the rational foundation of the relationship between human knowledge and divine truth in the lyrics of some of he most significant contributions patristic and scholastic speculation.

The course intends to analyze the issue of the philosophy today, its sense, its validity, its research that, as such, is difficult to teach, in so far thinking, as Sartre said, is “to proceed beyond”. Undeniable is the role played by Lacan to carry us outside from Modernity towards a reality that begins where the world ends. Which is then the philosopher’s task? Rocco Ronchi, facing to the supremacy of analytic philosophy or the legacy of a historiographic and philological attitude, declares the end of the theoretical philosophy. What is left of a philosophy considered as a quest for the absolute and the universal, which cannot be reduced to the limits of the human thought? In the contemporary age this is the challenge for those who dedicate themselves to the philosophical research, which is torn by the alternative between a people-oriented philosophy, and a philosophy that, looking beyond the human limits, aims to win back its ancient role of aspiration to the absolute. The latter implies the overcoming of the human understandings, and it could even share the aspirations of the science.

The aim of the course is to analyze the dynamics of the technological transformations and the social changes connected to the transition from mass media communication to the contemporary new media practices . Through the analysis of producers/consumers practices, as well as the related technological, cultural and educational assumptions, the objective of the course is to provide theoretical and practical tools useful for understanding the dynamics of social behaviour mediated by digital technologies: participation, sharing, crossmedia communication, prosumerism, remix, mash up, content management, user generated content.

Reading philosophical and literary texts, the workshop proposes an introduction to the basic philosophical and textual practices: analysis, synthesis, problematization, conceptualization, argumentation, imagination, storytelling, meditation, dialogue. The meeting with classical texts and meaningful interpretations will give the opportunity for a training in attention, active listening and writing.

The role of action and technology in the debate between nature and culture

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The course will illustrate the theoretical categories of subjectivity, objectivity and intersubjectivity as from Kant’s trascendental philosophy, setting out their most relevant modifications in twentieth century, with particular attention to J. Dewey’s criticism of Kantianism and ethical-political components of R. Rorty’s post-philosophy.

The students will be introduced to I) some skeptical themes from the history of modern philosophy, as well as to arguments aimed to neutralise them; II) some consideration for and against realism with respect to scientific theories and the entities they postulate.

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

The course will analyze the theological interpretation of Aristotle's philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. After a preliminary general historical introduction to the most important philosophical questions of the Middle Ages, the lessons will focus on the reading of the Commentary of Thomas the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics.

“Passion/Subject/Otherness”. A journey through some fundamental concepts of the history of modern philosophy

This course will give an overall introduction to ancient philosophy from the origins to the 6th century CE. Furthermore, we will read passages from Aristotle regarding the theory of substance and categories.

The course aims to analyze the great question of the metaphysical proofs of God in the medieval period. After a preliminary introduction to the general historical philosophical issues most relevant of the middle ages, classes will focus on the rational foundation of the relationship between human knowledge and divine truth in the lyrics of some of he most significant contributions patristic and scholastic speculation.

Layout of the course:a) The question of power after the state b) Sovereignty and potestas indirectae c) Ancient and modern cosmopolitanism d) Postcolonial cosmopolitanism e) Political difference: hybridations, identity conflicts, new antagonisms

The course aims to examine the problem of determinism in moral action: the investigation starts examining Leibniz’s meditation on divine perfection and on the origin of the evil, and develops considering the relation between the categorical imperatives and Kant’s reflections at the time of the “critics”.

The course analyses Seneca’s moral doctrine in the context of stoic ethics.For Seneca happiness is not about pleasure, but in a life lived following the principle of reason. How to pursue happiness in a world dominated by violent political and religious practices and with the awareness of our mortality?

The course will focus on some methodological problems in Max Weber (the concepts in the social science, the ideal type theory) and on Weber’s relationship between capitalism and protestant ethic in The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, compared with Walter Benjamin’s relationship between capitalism and religion in the fragment Kapitalismus als religion

The course aims to highlight the convergence or even the substantial identity between the two famous Aristotelian definition of Homo sapiens animal that has language and political animal. studying the texts of some important linguists and philosophers of language, as well as the major work of Hannah Arendt, Vita Activa, we would like to clarify the reasons for which the verbal language can be considered the biological organ of public praxis.

Analyze a few aspects of the changes to the idea of a philosophy of history, to the emegence of a genealogical type concept, marked by a multiplicity of interpretative proposals on the rality of man, rational progress, and the purpose of human actions.

The first set of lessons will provide a general introduction to the natural and moral philosophy of the major thinker of the Renaissance. This will be followed by a close-reading and discussion of the most important passages in two emblematic texts, More’s Utopia and Campanella’s Città del sole, with a view of exploring the similarities and defferences between them. The course will also pay a particular attention to passages in works of Erasmus concerning peace.

The course is articulated in three passages:a) A genealogy of the main theories on the concept of “community” (moving froma Aristotle’s notions of oikonomia, koinon politikè, koinonia)b) A survey of the relationship between community and society (From Tönnies to Weber, from Durkheim to Mauss)c) An analysis of the contemporary debate on the notion of “commons”

The course investigates the history of utopian concepts. We will highlight the positive and negative aspects of thoughts that anticipate and reflect on the future.

The ancient philosophy class aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of ancient philosophy from its origins to the 6th century AD. A special focus will be given to Plato’s Republic, books 1-5. Passages from this work will be read against the wider background of Plato’s philosophy and the critical debate surrounding it, A brief overview will be given of the main issues in Plato’s Republic.

The course aims to match the aristotelic conception of friendship wich is in Etica Nicomachea with some questions made by Derrida in Politiche dell'Amicizia.

The course aims to highlight the thought of three authors that are basical to understand the occidental philosophy's iter about aethic problems.