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 ?
- Positivism and the Vienna Circle
- Inductivism
- Falsificationnism (Popper)
- Kuhn
- Feyerabend
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
Ex cathedra course.
4 or 5 exercise sessions are devoted to reading the texts. These sessions are mandatory for students in Philosophy.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
A detailed outline of the course and a collection of texts are made available on-line to students ("my uliege")
A list of reference books is given out during the first lessons.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
laurence.bouquiaux@uliege.be 04 366 55 91