Examination procedure
Oral exam or seminar or final paper.
Examination procedure notes
For students of the first year an oral exam (the date of which will be agreed upon between class and instructor) will be the final verification. From the second year on it is possible to present a so-called seminar, or to write a final paper on topics to be determined with the instructor.
Attendance is mandatory and will be evaluated in the final grade. Likewise, participation in class discussion and weekly readings will be part of the final grade, as per the 'Goals of the course'.
Prerequisites
The class is open to whoever wants to follow, from freshmen to Ph.D students. It is, however, particularly recommended for B.A. students. There are no prerequisites.
Syllabus
We will read some texts by modern philosophers. In the first part we will focus on select passages by Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, in the second part by Hegel, Freud and Husserl.
Bibliographical references
The full bibliography will be notified in due time
The select passages come from the following works:
Descartes, Meditations on first Philosophy
Locke, Essay on Human Understanding
Hume, Treatise on Human Nature
Kant, Critique of pure Reason
Hegel, Encyclopaedia of philosophical Sciences
Freud, The I and the Id
Freud, A Difficulty in Psychoanalysis
Husserl, Cartesian Meditations