Faculty of Arts and Humanities
LM-78 – PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
LM-78 – SCIENZE FILOSOFICHE
Educational objectives and professional opportunities for graduates
The 2nd cycle degree in Philosophical studies aims to provide students with advanced education in the field of historical-philosophical studies and in the specific fields of theoretical, logical and epistemological, linguistic, gnosiological, philosophical-scientific, ethical-political, and aesthetic research. The course builds on the knowledge and competences of the 1st cycle, so students will acquire advanced knowledge of the most important methodologies of the historical- critical analysis of philosophical texts, with respect to the basic concepts, argumentation forms, specific languages, as well as to the interpretative theories and models used in various general and sectoral philosophical contexts. The course aims to equip the students with an ability to perform an original interdisciplinary research project, showing independent judgement on themes related to the philosophical debate and, more in general, on topics of the contemporary cultural debate.
The course is designed to specialise students in the various fields of philosophy. In fact, the individual curricula give students the opportunity to go deeper into the matter in a coherent and harmonious way. Moreover, the course develops students’ specialist philosophical interests relating to class-specific subjects.
After the national teaching qualification examinations, graduates of this course might teach in secondary schools or apply to research doctorate programmes. They might also carry out high responsibility professional activities in the following sectors:
• publishing industry;
• management of libraries;
• museums and parks;
• exhibitions;
• literary prizes and other cultural activities requiring specific competences in the linguistic,
aesthetic, literary and historical-artistic field;
• science centres and inter-media communication;
• public relations services;
• human resources management in public and private companies;
• business management and organisation;
• design and management of training programmes in public and private agencies, in the field of bioethics, environmental ethics and applied ethics, mainly addressed to healthcare professionals;
• professional activities related to the elaboration of information and competences requiring command of cognitive mechanisms;
• promotion and management of intercultural dialogue to assist, both on the national and international level, with social and interpersonal exchanges and the acknowledgement of citizenship rights;
• cooperation with social services provided by the public administration for the promotion of cultural activities;
• marketing and creative advertising.
Educational programme
| 1st YEAR | Credits |
| Elective Educational Activities | 12 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities | 18 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities II | 9 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities III | 9 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities IV | 12 |
| 2nd YEAR | Credits |
| Other Educational Activities | 6 |
| Elective Educational Activities II | 6 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities V | 9 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities VI | 9 |
| Group of Optional Educational Activities VII | 6 |
| Final Examination | 24 |
| Group of optional educational activities | Credits |
| History of Arabic Philosophy | 9 |
| Ancient Philosophy | 9 |
| Twentieth-century Philosophies | 9 |
| History and Criticism of Philosophical Thought | 9 |
| Modern age Philosophies | 9 |
| Group of optional educational activities II | Credits |
| Philosophy of Science | 9 |
| History of Aesthetics | 9 |
| Contemporary Aesthetics | 9 |
| Moral Philosophy (advanced course) | 9 |
| Philosophy of Language (advanced course) | 9 |
| Metaphysics | 9 |
| Philosophy of Religions (advanced course) | 9 |
| Hermeneutics of History | 9 |
| Group of optional educational activities III | Credits |
| Cognitive Psychology | 9 |
| General Pedagogy (advanced course) | 9 |
| Group of optional educational activities IV | Credits |
| Greek History | 6 |
| Roman History | 6 |
| Political Theory | 6 |
| Group of optional educational activities V | Credits |
| History of Arabic Philosophy | |
| Ancient Philosophy | |
| Twentieth-Century Philosophies | |
| History and Criticism of Philosophical Thought | |
| Modern Age Philosophies |
| Group of optional educational activities VI | Credits |
| Philosophy of Science | 9 |
| History of Aesthetics | 9 |
| Contemporary Aesthetics | 9 |
| Moral Philosophy (advanced course) | 9 |
| Philosophy of Language (advanced course) | 9 |
| Metaphysics | 9 |
| Philosophy of Religions (advanced course) | 9 |
| Hermeneutics of History | 9 |
| Group of optional educational activities VII | Credits |
| Epistemology | 6 |
| Philosophical Anthropology | 6 |
| Bioethics | 6 |
| Psychology of Arts | 6 |
| Philosophy of Mathematics | 6 |
| History of Byzantine philosophy | 6 |
| Epistemology of Language | 6 |
| History of Medieval Judaic Thought | 6 |
| Medieval Civilisation | 6 |
| Contemporary Hermeneutics | 6 |
| Medieval Anthropology | 6 |
