Ateneo - UPO

The human animal. Introduction to philosophical anthropology.

A. M.T. Pansera, Antropologia filosofica, Torino, Bruno Mondadori. B. M. Heidegger, Essere e tempo, Sezione I, Milano, Longanesi, 2015

- objectives - knowledge and understanding: To provide the methodological tools to understand and assimilate the fundamental concepts of contemporary philosophical debate
- objectives - ability to apply knowledge and understanding: To acquire the ability to resolve controversies related to the main problems of contemporary philosophical debate
- objectives - expression of judgments: Acquisition of the ability to reframe and provide independent judgments regarding the main problems of contemporary philosophical debate
- objectives - communication skills: Acquisition of the ability to discuss different philosophical positions critically.
- objectives - study skills: Acquisition of the ability to discuss different philosophical positions critically.
- objectives - teaching transmission: Knowledge of the main methods for teaching philosophy in the upper secondary school

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Lectures. Reading of philosophical texts. Discussion of the main methodologies for the acquisition and transmission of philosophical knowledge (also from a teaching perspective)

Oral Examination. The exam will be successful if the sum of 18/30 is reached or passed.
The final exam includes an oral examination aimed at ascertaining the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and the ability to analyze and evaluate data in the different domains of contemporary philosophical anthropology.
Honors will be awarded on the basis of the following criteria: (i) accuracy, thoroughness, and ability to elaborate the answer; (ii) accuracy in the use of specific philosophical terminology

The first part of the course will be devoted to a reconstruction of the fundamental problems and concepts of philosophical anthropology. The second part of the course will examine texts and authors of twentieth-century philosophical anthropology

Knowledge and understanding:
- know the problems and principles of twentieth-century philosophical anthrology;
- know classical texts, identifying their fundamental thematic nodes in their peculiar declinations.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- ability to deal with philosophical texts and connect them to the theoretical-conceptual path of the discipline;
- ability to expound and discuss the Authors' position, appropriately using the fundamental concepts of the discipline.
Autonomy of judgments and communication skills:
- Ability to deal appropriately with the subject matter, articulating interventions, interacting in discussion, and learning the methods of transmission also from a didactic perspective.
Learning skills:
- Ability to analyze, synthesize and interpretative understanding of texts, including in relation to a didactic application of philosophical knowledge in the teaching context