Among the aims that the program aims to achieve:

– Analytical understanding of a text;

– Decomposition and recomposition of its structure;

– Free imitation of classical models;

– Compliance with rules and criteria useful in the construction of an essay.

The proposal of fundamental strategies for an appropriate reading process and for the elaboration of written texts will take place through the participatory study of a manual. Another aspect of the course is dedicated to the recognition of methods and expedients masterfully adopted in the systematic and coherent treatment of the principles that are at the basis of the isocratic circle: think, speak and act well.

The study of any manual of Italian high school.

In relation to the discipline, the student must show possession:

– knowledge and understanding of a scientific text;

– the ability to understand the logical anatomy of a text;

– autonomy of judgment, starting from the evaluation of the premises and conclusions that make up the various arguments;

– the demonstration of being able to return the content of a text while respecting the rigor of argumentative logic;

– the ability to master the main evaluation criteria of propositional logic.

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

In Blended Learning UniUrb platform.

Teaching

The teaching is structured through lectures of a participatory nature (students are asked to reflect and dialogue, together with the teacher, on specific aspects of the discipline, also through laboratory exercises in the classroom) as well as seminar sessions.

Attendance

No compulsory attendance.

Course books

– Calemi, Francesco F., Argomentare, dimostrare, confutare. Un’introduzione alla logica, Carocci, Roma 2022, 220 pp. [ISBN: 9788829013616]

– Calvino, Italo, Six memos for the next millenium, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1988, 124 pp. [ISBN: 9780674810402]

Assessment

Written test aimed at ascertaining the knowledge, the ability to use them and the critical concepts of the discipline. The evaluation criteria used for the tests are:

– relevance and effectiveness of the answers in relation to the contents of the program;

– level of response articulation;

– adequacy of the disciplinary language used.

The preparation of an individual report, such as development and in-depth analysis of the activities carried out in the classroom, constitutes an element of evaluation.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

The teaching is structured through lectures of a participatory nature (students are asked to reflect and dialogue, together with the teacher, on specific aspects of the discipline, also through laboratory exercises in the classroom) as well as seminar sessions.

Attendance

No compulsory attendance.

Course books

– Calemi, Francesco F., Argomentare, dimostrare, confutare. Un’introduzione alla logica, Carocci, Roma 2022, 220 pp. [ISBN: 9788829013616]

– Borutti, Silvana e Vanzago, Luca, Dubitare, riflettere, argomentare, Carocci, Roma 2018, 240 pp. [ISBN: 9788843092918]

– Calvino, Italo, Six memos for the next millenium, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1988, 124 pp. [ISBN: 9780674810402]

Assessment

Written test aimed at ascertaining the knowledge, the ability to use them and the critical concepts of the discipline. The evaluation criteria used for the tests are:

– relevance and effectiveness of the answers in relation to the contents of the program;

– level of response articulation;

– adequacy of the disciplinary language used.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Other recommended reading:

– Piro, Francesco, Manuale di educazione al pensiero critico: comprendere e argomentare, prefazione di Tullio De Marco, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli 2015, 276 pp. [ISBN: 9788863427769]

– Calvino, Italo, Perché leggere i classici, Mondadori, Milano 2017 (o altra edizione) 151 pp. [ISBN: 9788804682981]

– Cambiano, Giuseppe, Perché leggere i classici: interpretazione e scrittura, il Mulino, Bologna 2010, 190 pp. [ISBN: 9788815146502]

– Poe, Edgar Allan, La filosofia della composizione, a cura di Luigi Lunari (testo inglese a fronte), La vita felice, Milano 2012, 61 pp. [ISBN: 9788877994417]

– Santambrogio, Marco, Manuale di scrittura (non creativa), Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009, 252 pp. [ISBN 9788842086406]