TRCS01  THREE CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHERS: ANSCOMBE, MARITAIN, AND STEIN (A.Y. 2023/2024)

• Accademic Unit

  Faculty of Theology

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Objectives: To analyze and evaluate some of the central philosophical claims and arguments of three distinguished 20th century Catholic philosophers: Jacques Maritain, Edith Stein, and G.E.M. Anscombe. Students will consider the different philosophical traditions out of which these thinkers wrote (Thomism, Phenomenology, and Analytic Philosophy) within the context of essays addressing epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and related philosophical themes.

Contents: What is characteristic of the Thomistic, phenomenological, and analytic modes of philosophical inquiry? How are each of these modes used by Catholic philosophers, and does their Catholic faith influence the kinds of philosophical questions asked and the arguments they construct. What are some of the most important philosophical conclusions drawn by Maritain, Stein, and Anscbome, and how do these bear on the intellectual life of a believing Catholic? We will consider these broad themes in the context of specific essays on difficult themes such as the relationship between faith and reason, metaphysics and the search for truth, and contraception and the vocation of marriage.

Methodology : A mixture of lecture and discussion. Students will provide written seminar papers that will provide a framework for class discussion.

Means of evaluation: These will include two seminar essays (2 x 15%), one term paper (30%), and class participation/attendance (40%).

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Information

• Semestre: 1° Semestre
• ECTS: 6

Teachers

Raymond Fischer HAIN IV

Lesson schedule/Room

Semester	Day	From	To	Room	Floor	Building	Notes
1° Semestre	Lunedì	8.30	9.15	TBD	0
1° Semestre	Lunedì	9.30	10.15	TBD	0
1° Semestre	Mercoledì	8.30	9.15	TBD	0
1° Semestre	Mercoledì	9.30	10.15	TBD	0

Bibliography

• Stein, E., Knowledge and Faith, ICS Publications, Washington D.C. 2000; Maritain, J., Untrammeled Approaches, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 1997; Anscombe, G.E.M., Faith in a Hard Ground, Imprint Academic, Charlottesville, VA 2008.