NAT503: Philosophy of Science for Bio Sciences (5 ECTS)

STADS: 13010301

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
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Additional teachers
jessica@imada.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Revison of timetable:
: Forelæsningerne i NAT503 om tirsdagen fra kl. 12-14 i ugerne 06,08,11-15, har følgende ændringer: Uger ændret fra 06,08,11-15 til 06,08,11-13 Lokale ændret fra til U20

Comment:
Ansvarlig underviser: Keld Conradsen

Biologer skal følge hold S2.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
All first year courses must be passed.

Course introduction
The course introduces central themes from the Philosophy of Science and discusses ethical problems that are relevant to the natural sciences. In addition the course treats the role of the subjects in society.

Expected learning outcome
After the course the student is supposed to be able to:

- reproduce central parts of the literature of the course.
- use the notions and concepts from the course correctly.
- relate relevantĆ issues about the students subject to the theories presented in the course.
- Argue for independent points of views relevant for this course.

Subject overview
The themes are introduced in general terms in lectures and will afterwards be discussed in relation to the bio sciences in smaller classes.

The themes are:
- Role of university and subject in society.
- Methods in Science.
- Theory and Reality.
- Ethics and Values.

Literature

• Andersen m.fl., : Videnskabsteori for de biologiske fag, Biofolia 2006.
• Ladyman, J: Understanding Philosophy of Science, Routledge 2005 (?nyere versioner).

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Project. The oral examination requires that the project has been passed.  (13010312)

Assessment and marking:
Oral examination which starts with a presentation of the project. Thereafter the student will be examined in the rest of the syllabus. External examiner. Marks according to the 7-point marking scale. (13010302)

Reexamination after 4th quarter. At the reexamination internal examiner is used.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 14 hours
Skills training phase: 20 hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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