20702742 -
COMPUTATIONAL JOURNALISM
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The course aims at introducing aspects of information technology that we expect to be of great impact for media professionals. Automated information processing enables analysis and management of information sources provided awareness of its potential and limits. New editors are creating new media and a completely new discipline has emerged: computational journalism. In this course we aim at providing basic computer skills necessary for understanding the issues related to the new media, addressing the following points: consolidate the basic knowledge of computer technology and of the methods of information science; consider specific solutions related to the automatic flow of information; to become familiar with technologies currently in use.
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20709051 -
PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA - L.M.
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20706075 -
STORIA DELL'EUROPA E DEL MEDITERRANEO
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12
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M-STO/02
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20710090 -
FILOSOFIA DELLA CONOSCENZA - LM
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The teaching of the Philosophy of Knowledge is part of the basic activities of the CDS in Philosophical Sciences. At the end of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: understanding of the problems of metaphysics, logic and theory of knowledge in relation to their theoretical-methodological evolution and to the different lines of contemporary debate; in-depth knowledge of texts and currents of thought dealing with these problems as well as training in the ability to discuss their specific philosophical proposals; training in the ability to elaborate the relationship between the aforementioned theoretical issues and the main developments of today's human, social, and physical-natural sciences.
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20704249 -
QUESTIONS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY MODULE 1
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The course of Questions of Moral Philosophy is part of the program in Philosophical sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of some aspects of moral philosophy. Students will read through one or more classic text and they will acquire in-depth understanding of the issues and debates connected to it. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and in a historical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: - Advanced critical thinking on moral philosophy and on its relation to wider issues (both historical and philosophical); - Advanced language and argumentation skills required for reading moral philosophy and discussing about it; - Capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate (in Italian and English).
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M-FIL/03
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20703032 -
MEDIEVAL HISTORY II L.M.
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M-STO/01
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20709714 -
FUNZIONI E PATOLOGIE DEL LINGUAGGIO E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
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The course has two main goals. The first one is to propose an education finalized to learn the main classification methods of language disorders in pathologies such as aphasia, autism, schizophrenia. The second is to illustrate how the investigation of language disorders might be used to inform theoretical models on language functioning.
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M-FIL/05
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20710091 -
TEORIE LOGICHE 1 - LM
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The course of Logical Theories 1 is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of some aspects of the essential issues and debates connected to the field Logical Theories 1. The golas of the course is to acquire a basic knowledge of Zermelo-Fraenkel axiomatic set theory.
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20710092 -
TEORIE LOGICHE 2 - LM
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The course on Logical Theories 2 is part of the integrative activities of the CdS in Philosophical Sciences. At the end of the course students will have acquired the following skills: understanding of logical-mathematical theories; in-depth knowledge of topics and issues of logic as well as the ability to discuss the topics presented during the class. The course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of Zermelo-Fraenkel axiomatic set theory.
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MAT/01
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20710101 -
TEORIE E TECNICHE DELLA NARRAZIONE
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20710115 -
GLOTTOLOGIA AVANZATA L.M.
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The aim of this course is to developed students’ knowledge of the theory of linguistic change as well as of comparative linguistics.
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6
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L-LIN/01
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36
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20702760 -
HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY - L.M
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The course of History of Contemporary Philosophy is part of the program in Philosophical sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The course has the following learning objectives: 1. to increase knowledge of the most important concepts and authors of contemporary philosophy; 2. to reinforce and apply the linguistic and conceptual methodologies of historical-philosophical analysis of the most important classics of the contemporary era in the research activities preliminary to the drafting of the master's thesis; 3. to enhance learning skills and autonomy of judgement. In particular, students must develop and expand: - Linguistic skills that enable them to read and understand the original editions of the contemporary philosophers undergoing the course; - ability to analyse a philosophical problem from different points of view, also taking into account the most accredited critical bibliography; - ability to discover contradictions or innovations in contemporary classical texts on the basis of the training received during the three-year degree course; - ability to control and highlight the relevance and meaning of the characteristic elements of conceptual expositions; - ability to draw conclusions based on a plurality of observations and inferences. These skills are promoted during the seminar work that is an integral part of the course through writing texts and collegial debate.
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6
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M-FIL/06
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20710344 -
FILOSOFIA DELLE RELIGIONI
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TThe course of Philosophy of Religion is part of the program in Philosophy of Relgion (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The course aims to investigate the concept of religion in Freud's and Jung's psychoanalysis in comparison with the concept of angst in Kierkegaard. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and philosophical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to wider issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
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M-FIL/03
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20704054 -
AESTHETICS - POSTGRADUATE
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The course aims to provide students with advanced knowledge about the history of aesthetics. Specific attention will be deserved to the most significant authors in the discipline. The course also aims to provide participants with the with the acquisition of critical skills in the reading of ancient and contemporary classics of the history of the discipline.
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6
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M-FIL/04
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20710113 -
ETHIC AND COMUNICATION
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The course is divided into two parts:
A. The first part of the course will offer an orientation in the contemporary discussions in neuroethics, with a particular reference to the free will and the moral responsibility issues. The question of how to communicate these discussions to the general public will be analyzed. B. The secund part will deal with some of the fundamental questions of moral philosophy by referring to movies that present those questions in a particularly stimulating and int ersting way.
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M-FIL/03
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20710271 -
COGNITIVE SCIENCES OF LANGUAGE
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Analysis and critical evaluation of the main theoretical models of language elaborated within cognitive sciences Evaluation of the contribution of empirical research on the comprehension of language processing.
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12
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M-FIL/05
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72
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20710346 -
ONTOLOGIA
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The course of Ontology is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The course aims to provide students with the basic principles of Edmund Husserl's phenomenology, starting from the text in which he diagnosed the 'crisis' of European culture and the need for it to be refounded on the basis of the principles of phenomenology. Upon completion of the course students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and philosophical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to wider issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
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M-FIL/01
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20710410 -
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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The course of Philosophical Antropology is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of some aspects of the essential issues and debates connected to the field of Philosophical Anthropology. The student should demonstrate that he possesses knowledge and skills aimed at recognizing the “image” of the human being in the different philosophical perspectives in order to delineate its identity and specificity in various historical, cultural and political-institutional contexts. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretical and philosophical perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to wider issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
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20710408 -
Didactiics of philosophy
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The course of Didactics of Philosophy is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. This course aims: • to critically investigat e the didactic-cultural relevance and impact of philosophy teaching as well as the specific role played by the teacher in schools and in the interaction between schools, universities, the working world and civil society to promote skills of global citizenship and critical thinking (problem rising, posing and solving); • to provide a critical analysis of the main methodologies developed in the research in didactics of philosophy, of the conceptual, epistemological and didactic knots of teaching and learning according to the development of semiotic skills as well as of the widening of expressive and cognitive potential in the specific disciplinary field; • to stimulate the development of activities for teaching philosophy, keeping in mind the need to strengthen language and consolidate the linguistic practices necessary to achieve the goals of training and education in the discipline of interest; • to analyze the potential offered by an interdisciplinary teaching of philosophy capable of being in constant dialogue with other forms of knowledge: philosophy and science, philosophy and art, philosophy and history, philosophy and public discussion; • to consider the synergies generated by the wise use of technological and multimedia tools as well as by the use of cinematographic and digital products as a support to traditional teaching and theoretical-critical analysis of the classics of Western philosophy; • to reflect on the potential and criticality of the use of technological tools for teaching and learning philosophy at the time of Digital Humanities (retrieval of sources and bibliography, construction of a philosophical lexicon, semantic enrichment and e-learning); • to illustrate principles and methodologies for the construction of a philosophical curriculum able to stimulate and strengthen critical thinking, the ability to argue, competences of active and democratic citizenship and sensitivity to understand the complexity of the human being in an increasingly multicultural society (valorisation of intercultural education, respect for differences, inclusive openness to disabilities).
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20710532 -
TOPICS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
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The course of Topics in the Philosophy of Science is part of the program in Philosophical sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities, belonging to the activities in the English language.This course introduces some central questions in the philosophy of science and examines them critically. Through the study of classic and/or contemporary texts, students will acquire advanced knowledge of problems at the boundary between science and philosophy. They will also obtain the ability to systematically relate the philosophical and scientific tradition to the most recent developments in these areas.
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M-FIL/02
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20710528 -
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
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The course of History of contemporary philosophical and scientific thought is part of the program in Philosophical sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities, belonging to the activities in English language. The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding of some aspects of contemporary philosophy and its intrinsic interdisciplinary connections with different scientific fields. Students will read through a number of scholarly papers and they will acquire in-depth understanding of the issues and debates connected to them, with the help of an introductory monography. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to discuss and to develop arguments both in a theoretic and in a historic perspective. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: Advanced critical thinking on contemporary philosophy and on its relation to particular fields of contemporary science (in historical and in philosophical perspective); Advanced language and argumentation skills required for reading contemporary papers in philosophy and discussing about them and their interdisciplinary connections; Capacity to read and analyse contemporary philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate (in English); Oral and written presentation (Italian and English)
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M-FIL/06
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20710529 -
FILOSOFIA DEL DIRITTO
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The course of Philosophy of Law is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the complementary training activities. Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired in-depth knowledge on the relationship between law and morals, through the analysis of some of the most relevant fields of legal philosophy: philosophy of criminal law, theory of values, theory of rights, bioethics and biolaw. Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge both in a theoretical and in a practical perspective. Students are expected to acquire the following skills: - Advanced skill to distinguish the acquired notions and to apply them to the examination of problems; - Advanced critical thinking on some of the fields of philosophy of law (both theoretical and practical); - Advanced language and argumentation skills in relation to the course topics.
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IUS/20
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20710531 -
STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA MODERNA
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The course of History of Modern Philosophy is part of the complementary training activities of the program in Philosophical sciences (MA level). Through the reading of the classics of modern philosophy, the course aims to provide students with a knowledge not only of the thought of the authors treated, but also, more generally, of the epistemological and methodological foundations of historical-philosophical research. In particular, through the comparison between the works of the same author or different authors, the course aims to make accessible to the student the evolution of this or that thinker, or the dense network of convergences and divergences, of debts or distance taken of which is interwoven between several authors. By indicating from time to time the difficulties presented by the texts and the most representative interpretative solutions that have been given, it aims to stimulate the critical reflection and autonomy of judgment of the student. Finally, the recommended texts are aimed at fostering the ability to deal with scientific literature and the development of the skills necessary for the autonomy of research. At the end of the course, the students will have acquired knowledge of a central episode in the history of modern philosophy and the debates it has given rise to. They will also be able to apply the knowledge acquired in a philosophical discussion and in the theoretical and historical-philosophical argumentation. They will also have strengthened their ability to critically analyze and contextualize sources, as well as their property of language and argumentative ability in relation to the topics covered in the course
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20710536 -
PHILOSOPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
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20710561 -
CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN LITERATURE - LM
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The course aims to deepen the authors , moments , genres and themes that characterize the Italian literature of our time , from the early twentieth century , taking into account also , as much as possible , the links with the other systems of literary expression , other arts , the literatures of other countries , as well as the history and geography of our country. Critical and analytical tools that will be used during the course will also help , the student , to hone their reading mode .
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L-FIL-LET/11
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20710432 -
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND - LM
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