(in Polish) Contemporary debates in philosophy of science (readings and discussions) FIL-ENG-SM>CScien
The following topics will be dealt with:
1. Short historical introduction: the Aristotelian ideal of science and its modern rejection.
2. The controversy: inductivism vs deductivism.
3. Problems with inductivism.
4. Problems with falsificationism.
5. The controversy: irrationalism vs rationalism
6. The controversy: theoretical antirealism vs theoretical realism
7. The problem of naturalizing scientific knowledge
8. Science and Theology & Ethics
9. The problem of ontological reductionism
10. Chance and laws of nature.
(in Polish) Tryb zajęć
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Assessment criteria
Methods:
analysis of the texts
elements of lecturing
discussions
discussion of the prepared presentations.
Evaluation will be based on the prepared multimidia presentation (50%) and the final: fill-in-the-blank & multiple choice test (50%).
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