NAT505: Philosophy of Science – Physics and Chemistry (5 ECTS)

STADS: 13009401

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: jessica@imada.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
steen@sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Tuesday 16-18 U55 10
Common I Tuesday 14-16 U55 11-13,16
Common I Tuesday 10-12 U47 15
Common I Wednesday 14-16 U55 08
H1 TE Monday 08-10 U49c 18
H1 TE Wednesday 12-14 U49c 07,11-13,15,17,19
H1 TE Thursday 14-16 U146 11
H1 TE Friday 14-16 U142 08
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Comment:
Ubegrænset deltagerantal.

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 relevant 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 physics and chemistry in smaller classes.
The themes are:
- Role of university and subject in society.
- Methods in Science.
- Theory and Reality.
- Ethics and Values.

Literature
    Meddeles ved kursets start.


Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Project, passed/not passed, internal eevaluation by teacher. Requires exam protocol.
The oral examination requires that the project has been passed.

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.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

I alt 14 timers forelæsninger samt 20 timers øvelser. Desuden skal deltagerne arbejde (i grupper) med selvvalgt projekt.
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Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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