PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT
TEMI ATTUALI DI FILOSOFIA DELLA RELIGIONE
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2016/2017 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Andrea Aguti | Tuesday, Wednesday 8-9 |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course will address the problem of the relationship between religion and science from a philosophical perspective. After a first part concerning the nature of this problem from a historical, cultural and epistemological point of view, the course will focus on its main topics, illustrating and discussing them critically.
Program
1) Religion and science, naturalism and theism;
2) Rationality, faith, science.
3) The origins of the universe and life.
4) Theory of evolution and religious faith.
5) Miracles and natural laws.
6) Human person and the meaning of life in a naturalistic worldview and in a theistic one.
Bridging Courses
None.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Students must demonstrate: Awareness of the problems created by the problem of the relationship between religion and science in contemporary age; Ability to interpret the complexity of the religious phenomenon; Ability to understand the theoretical reasons that underlie a religious worldview and the possibility of a productive dialogue among religion, culture and science.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons
- Attendance
Attendance at 2/3 of the lessons.
- Course books
B. Sweetman, Religion and Science. An Introduction, Continuum, London-New York 2010.
- Assessment
Oral examination.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual study.
- Attendance
Full study of the suggested text.
- Course books
B. Sweetman, Religion and Science. An Introduction, Continuum, London-New York 2010.
- Assessment
Oral examination.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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