Program Overview

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Program Description

The Seminario di Logica - B is a seminar that introduces students to the philosophical debate on the foundations and metaphysics of logic. The seminar covers four main topics:

• Quantification, existence, and ontological commitment
• Predication, universals, and particulars
• Modal logic and the metaphysics of possible worlds
• Identity predicates, synchronic and diacronic identity

For each topic, the seminar provides a general introduction that reconstructs the history of the debate in Western philosophy, along with a selection of classic and contemporary texts. The seminar includes a disputatio, a debate with objections and responses to the examined theories.

Objectives

No specific objectives are listed for the Seminario di Logica - B.

Teaching Methods

The seminar is taught in person, with frontal lessons.

Examination Methods

The examination consists of a disputatio in class with a collective vote (20%) and a final paper based on the response to three out of four open questions, one for each debate (80%).

Program Details

The Seminario di Logica - B is part of the:

• Bachelor of Arts in Filosofia, Seminario, A scelta, 2° anno
• Bachelor of Arts in Filosofia, Seminario, A scelta, 3° anno

Course Information

• Semester: Autunnale
• Academic Year: Not specified
• ECTS: 4.0
• Language: Italiano

Campus Information

The seminar is available on the following campuses:

• Campus Lugano
• Campus Mendrisio
• Campus Bellinzona