Program Overview

Program Overview

The Ph.D. program in Philosophy offers a rich course of studies in the various areas of philosophy and in the history of philosophy. The program consists of a three-year course and aims at educating internationally qualified researchers in philosophy in its various branches.

Program Structure

The first year is devoted to the acquisition of a strong scientific ground, especially in the area of the student’s interests, and to a more precise definition of the research topic. During the next two years, the student widens their knowledge in the chosen field and gains the skills to develop autonomously an original research project, also by participating in national and international conferences and study periods at outstanding research institutions abroad.

Educational Goals

The program is articulated in four curricula:

• Curriculum A: Theoretical Philosophy and Aesthetics, aiming at educating qualified researchers in the fields of theoretical philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of language, both from a theoretical point of view and in an historical perspective.
• Curriculum B: Ethics and Political Philosophy, aiming at educating qualified researchers in the fields of moral philosophy, social philosophy, philosophy of law, and political philosophy, both from a theoretical point of view and in an historical perspective.
• Curriculum C: Logic and Epistemology, aiming at educating qualified researchers in the fields of logic, theory of knowledge, epistemology, and the philosophy and history of natural and social sciences.
• Curriculum D: History of Philosophy, aiming at educating qualified researchers in the field of the history of philosophy, together with a wider perspective of the history of ideas.

Research Areas

A qualifying aim of the program is the acquisition and the use of interdisciplinary methodological tools, including historical and philosophical, philological, literary, and linguistic tools, as well as computer technologies applied to text analysis (in print and manuscript form).

Program Details

• ID: 11027
• Course type: Dottorato
• Academic year: 2025/2026
• Positions: 6
• Grant numbers: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by institutions: 0
• Number of scholarships financed by consortiums: 0

Evaluation and Examination

The oral exam will evaluate not only the knowledge of English but also the specific knowledge of the language of the author or the prevailing literature of the thesis topic. The oral exam can be taken entirely in English. Candidates who do not know Italian are expected to learn it during the program.

Department and Staff

• Department: Filosofia
• Coordinator: Luisa Valente
• Staff: Gianfrancesco Marigliano