ID:
150059
Dettaglio:
SSD: #NULL#
Duration: 24
CFU: 4
Located in:
BERGAMO
Url:
PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCES AND SOCIETY - 181-R/PERCORSO COMUNE Year: 1
Year:
2025
The laboratory will allow students to develop theoretical and practical skills in argumentative writing, with particular attention to the composition of philosophical essays and master’s thesis. Students will acquire the ability to identify, analyze, and construct valid arguments, to apply effective argumentative strategies, and to recognize fallacies in reasoning.
At the end of the laboratory, students will be able to (i) understand and critically analyze philosophical texts written by others; (ii) independently develop a philosophical analysis, by writing a clear and well-structured critical philosophical essay.
No prerequisites.
Lectures, in-class exercises, and/or oral presentations by students.
The laboratory is assessed on a pass/fail basis.
Pass requirements:
- Attending students: Eligibility will be granted at the end of the course upon a minimum attendance of 75% of the laboratory hours and a positive evaluation of the in-class exercises and/or the oral presentation.
- Non-attending students: Eligibility is granted on the basis of a positive evaluation of a written essay and its oral presentation during one of the final lessons of the laboratory. To receive information on the topic, format, and deadlines for preparing and presenting the essay, non-attending students must contact the teachers via email at the beginning of the laboratory.
The laboratory will present the fundamental notions of argumentation theory and provide the conceptual and practical tools needed to build valid and sound arguments. Key argumentative strategies, illustrated with examples drawn from philosophical texts, as well as the most common argumentative fallacies, will be discussed. The skills acquired will then be applied to writing philosophical essays and to the preparation of clear and coherent master’s theses.
Notes, additional articles or sources, and occasional announcements will be loaded to the Moodle e-learning platform, which students have to periodically check.
Erasmus students or students with PDP or PEI may contact the teachers by e-mail for an individual talk that will help them to better succeed in the course.
Teachers will receive the students on appointment (either in person or remotely).