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Philosophy of Religion
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Philosophy of Religion
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Anno accademico 2022/2023
- Codice dell'attività didattica
- FIL0450
- Docente
- Paolo Diego Bubbio (Titolare del corso)
- Corso di studi
- laurea magistrale in Filosofia
Philosophy International Curriculum M.A. - Anno
- 1° anno 2° anno
- Periodo didattico
- Primo semestre
- Tipologia
- Caratterizzante - Ambito: Istituzioni di filosofia
- Crediti/Valenza
- 6
- SSD dell'attività didattica
- M-FIL/01 - filosofia teoretica
- Modalità di erogazione
- Tradizionale
- Lingua di insegnamento
- Inglese
- Modalità di frequenza
- Facoltativa
- Tipologia d'esame
- Orale
- Prerequisiti
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Some familiarity with the history of philosophy would be helpful, but not required.
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Sommario insegnamento
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Obiettivi formativi
This course will introduce students to central issues in the philosophy of religion, in line with the overall learning objectives of the MA program in Philosophy and the Philosophy International Curriculum to train the students' argumentative skills and their skills of philosophical and logical analysis and to make them acquainted with a variety of philosophical disciplines.
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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
- Knowledge and understanding of some key issues and readings in the philosophy of religion;
- Ability to apply the acquired knowledge through the development of the analytical and argumentative skills in interpreting and discussing texts in their historical-cultural context and in formulating problems pertaining to individual texts and to their theoretical correlation;
- Ability to engage with the topics presented during the lectures by making judgments supported by textual and argumentative evidence;
- Communicative skills: argumentative effectiveness and the use of appropriate philosophical language.
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Modalità di insegnamento
36-hour course for 6 weeks, 3 days per week for 2 hours each. Any additional material discussed during the lectures will be available on the Moodle learning platform.
Students who are unable to attend the lectures face-to-face may access audio/video recordings of the lectures available on the Moodle platform.
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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
The oral exam will focus on the topics addressed during the lectures and on the content of the recommended texts. The final grade is based on a scale of thirty.
Preparation will be assessed considering the following elements:
- The ability to provide an appropriate account of the specific topic under discussion;
- The ability to discuss the topic autonomously;
- The substantial (not merely mnemonic) comprehension of the topics, demonstrated also through comments of central passages from the texts discussed during the course;
- The critical ability to contextualise historically, philosophically and argumentatively the problems highlighted and discussed during the lectures;
- The ability to grasp the relations and connections among various themes, problems and authors, as well as the personal theoretical re-elaboration of the main themes;
- The correct use of language.
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Attività di supporto
For students with DSA or disabilities, please refer to the University's support (https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-con-disabilita) and reception (https://www.unito.it/accoglienza-studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa) arrangements, and in particular the procedures required for exam support (https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-e-studentesse-con-disabilita/supporto-studenti-e-studentesse-con).
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Programma
The course has a structure that is both historical and thematic and it is divided into two intertwining parts.
The first part will consider fundamental thinkers and texts in the history of Western philosophy of religion. The thinkers that will be considered include: Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Blaise Pascal, Immanuel Kant, G.W.F. Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Paul Ricoeur, Alvin Plantinga.
The second part of the course will deal with some fundamental problems in the philosophy of religion, including:
- Arguments for the existence of God
- What might a God be like? The concept of God and the divine attributes.
- If God, why evil? The problem of evil and the answers of theodicy.
- Non-theistic / Eastern philosophies of religion
- Religion and violence
- Contemporary approaches to the philosophy of religion: analytic and continental philosophy.
Testi consigliati e bibliografia
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- Libro
- Titolo:
- Companion to Philosophy of Religion
- Anno pubblicazione:
- 2010
- Editore:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Autore:
- Taliaferro, Draper and Quinn (Eds.)
- ISBN
- Obbligatorio:
- Si
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Further material provided and recommended during the course (which will be made available on Moodle).
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Note
Non-attending students are required to study the prescribed text (Companion to Philosophy of Religion) in full.
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