Summary of COurse Content
The course will regard the reconstruction of modern philosophical theories, with a special focus on some of the most influential currents (materialism and rationalism). Each session will be supported by the reading of some of the most representative thinkers in this historical frame. The course will focus on practical applications of philosophical thinking, with a particular emphasis on science.
ANALYSED AUTHORS THROUGH ONLINE TEXTS OR excerpts in XEROXED COPIES:
Voltaire, Micromega
https://jculibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/648259430
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, The Circle of Governements
Giordano Bruno, Heroic Frenzies
Galileo Galilei, Starry Herald
Réné Descartes, Meditations
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/descartes-is-not-our-father.html
Spinoza, Ethics, Tractatus Theologicus Politicus
Gottfried Leibniz Monadology, Discourse
John Locke, Essay on Human Understanding
David Hume, Essay on Human Nature
Diderot, D'Alembert's Dream
Adam Smith, On Moral Sentiments, Wealth of Nations
Immanuel Kant, I Critique, Perpetual Peace, Progress
REFERENCE TEXTS:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/
Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2014/LJMgrB07/um/Cambridge_Dictionary_of_Philosophy.pdf
Excerpts from
Modern Times by C.Chaplin
The Matrix by A. and L. Wachowsky (descartes and Kant)
SCHEDULE
Intro. Science, technology, experiment
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Machiavelli, a new method. The Prince
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The Circle of Governments (mechanical model)
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Giordano Bruno, Heroic Frenzies
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Descartes
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Meditations
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Leibniz
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Discourse (14-23)
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Monadology
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Spinoza
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Ethics
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Tractatus
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MID-TERM EXAMINATION
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Film
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John Locke on Sensations and Language
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Liberalism
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David Hume scepticism
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Critique to causality
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Diderot D'Alembert's Dream
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Adam Smith
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On Moral Sentiments
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On the Wealth of Nations
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Kant
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First Critique
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Third Critique
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perpetual Peace
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On Progress
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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