Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
I. What is science ?
-G. Bachelard
-Logical positivism
-K. Popper
-I. Lakatos
-Th. Kuhn
-P. Feyerabend
II. The question of relativism
III. (Techno)science and democracy
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam in June.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
laurence.bouquiaux@ulg.ac.be
04 366 55 91