Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in landscape architect | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Mathematics course: the paradoxes of logic and chance.
The laws of logic are the basis of all mathematical and physical reasoning. They are used both to create concepts and to follow reasoning. The course addresses the laws of logic, the most famous paradoxes and open tracks on one of the major problem of mathematics today, chance. He ends by asking the question about what mathematics is as science and what science itself is.
The course is seen as the laying down of concepts and methods of reasoning serving as the basis of the BA2 mathematics and physics course.
Brief table of contents:
- Educational goals
- Turtle Paradox
- Magic of paradoxes
- The numbers part I
- The numbers part II
- The laws of logic part I
- The laws of logic part II
- The creation of science, elements of epistemology part I
- The creation of science, elements of epistemology part II
- The creation of science, elements of epistemology part III
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
General objectives: to understand and manipulate mathematical and physical concepts in order to better understand the world around us, to develop a critical and scientific mind. Specific objectives: understand the laws of logic, the concepts of reasoning, application to particular cases, studies of paradoxes and meta-reasoning (creation of epistemology knowledge), introduction to the importance of the concept of chance.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Upper secondary level mathematics and physics skills, strong mathematics and physics option (BAC S in France).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture and imposed book reading.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Lecture
Recommended or required readings
Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt et Stephen J. Dubner, Folio, 2005
The transparencies used by the teacher are distributed to the students as the course progresses through their delegate.
Oral exam graded out of 20.
Work placement(s)
None
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The lecture blocks are done in 3 hour sessions. Attendance at the entire lesson is compulsory (no entry during the lesson).
Contacts
Prof. Fabrizio Bucella : fabrizio.bucella@ulb.be