Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Introduction to the philosophy of sciences | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Laurence Bouquiaux | ||
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Substitute(s) :
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| Sébastien Richard | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| I. science - culture - society.
- theory of knowledge, epistemology, history of science, sociology of sciences. -Science and society -Science and philosophy II. What is science ? -G. Bachelard -Logical positivism -K. Popper -I. Lakatos -Th. Kuhn -The question of relativism III. Epistemologic status of human sciences. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To understand the challenges of the main proceedings of the philosophy of sciences in the XXth century. To be able to question the epistemologic status of the different divisions of learning students are presented with during their studying. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| none | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face
See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A collection of texts explaining the course is made available on-line to students ("my ulg") A list of reference books is given out during the first lessons. | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam in June. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| laurence.bouquiaux@ulg.ac.be 04 366 55 91 |
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Items online :
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 | Introduction to philosophy of sciences Texts to read for the examination. |
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| Introduction to the Philosophy of Sciences Course materal for the Introduction to the philosophy of sciences lecture. |
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| Notes en ligne Les notes sont disponibles sur MyULg. |
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