Ateneo - UPO

Explicit and implicit communication

- F. Piazza,Linguaggio, persuasione, verità, Carocci, Roma
- F. Ervas, E. Gola, Che cos'è una metafora, Carocci, Roma
-Additional texts provided by the professor

Basic level:
a) Developing basic skills of explicit and implicit communication;
b) promoting self-awareness of students' communicative skills;
c) refining the rhetorical effectiveness in philosophical and extra-philosophical domains. These skills are functional to understand the argumentative structure of philosophical and scientific essays and to improve one's communicative effectiveness. In order to fully attain these objectives, the student must demonstrate full knowledge of the course content and be able to articulate and communicate it with rigour and originality.
Advanced level: the student must demonstrate full knowledge of the course content and be able to articulate and communicate it with rigour, full autonomy and originality.

Good knowledge of Italian

Frontal lessons and classroom exercises

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The final exam is aimed at verifying the mastery of the topics discussed and the bibliography studied, in accordance with the objectives and the expected learning outcomes.
The examination will be in written form (90 minutes). Specifically, the three questions will focus on: 1) the legacy of classical rhetoric (max. 10 points), and 2) contemporary communication theories (two questions, max. 10 points each)
The tests will consist of 3 open-ended questions, having as a topic one of the topics discussed during the lessons, for a maximum of 10 points each. The
student will have to answer the questions and argue using the appropriate scientific terminology.
The exam will be successful if the sum of 18/30 is reached or exceeded. An assignment with an exhaustive answer to the three questions will be assigned the maximum score (30/30) with possible attribution of honors.

I) an introduction to some main theories of human communication.
II) pragmatic analysis of some linguistic phenomena (implicit meaning, metaphors)

Basic level: I. Knowledge of some important contemporary theories of rational communication;
II. improvement of communication skills (including understanding of implied meaning);
III. application of abstract notions to personal practice of rational communication.
In order to fully attain these objectives, the student must demonstrate full knowledge of the course content and be able to articulate and communicate it with rigour and originality.
Advanced level: Advanced level: the student must demonstrate full knowledge of the course content and be able to articulate and communicate it with rigour, full autonomy and originality.