This course is open only to students enrolled in the Master PSTS, EE and AM.
In case you, as a student from another master’s programme, want to participate in this course, please contact the PSTS staff: y.c.h.dethouars@utwente.nl or m.e.tijhuis@utwente.nl
This course connects to the final qualifications K1, K2, K3, K5, S1-4 of the program, according to the following learning objectives:
Content:
- Introductory topics in the traditional philosophy of science: (1) epistemological issues: scientific methodology and modes of argumentation in science, scientific explanations, the demarcation problem (Popper); (2) methodological issues: paradigms in science (Kuhn), scientific explanation, realism versus anti-realism.
- A broad overview in the new field called Philosophy of Science in Practice, both regarding its philosophical topics and methodologies, including models and values in science.
- Philosophical and practical understanding of the epistemological relationship(s) between scientific research and technological development.
Students will be able to develop the following skills:
Reading skills
- Analytic & critical reading
- Understanding technoscientific publications & formulating questions
Argumentation skills
- Reconstructing and assessing argumentation
Oral communication skills
- Presenting for an academic audience
- Formulating critical questions (incl.: answering questions posed by the teacher and other students about presented texts)
- Use of supportive media (particularly: use of PowerPoint
Research skills
- How to identify and critically reflect on technoscientific sources (particularly in case students prefer to write on case-studies)
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See course description in English.
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