+++LVA in englischer Sprache+++
This course aims to encourage general critical reflections regarding the role of science and the scientific method in generation of knowledge. The central objective thereby is to discuss the relative standing of science amongst other expressions of human quest for understanding and interpreting the natural world and the human condition.
This course addresses the quintessence of the scientific worldview in the context of other traditions and institutions invested in understanding and interpreting the world. An introductory treatment of science will be followed by a number of sessions, whereby internet-based ressources (videos of public presentations and/or discussions) will be collectively viewed and subsequently discussed. These videos relate to traditions and institutions in the areas of arts, philosophy, religion, politics, and ethics. The focus will be on the "how" and "why" questions, their meaning as relevant to the natural world and social settings, and if and to which extent they can be answered by science alone.
SCHEDULE FOR WINTERTERM 2018/2019:
All units require full and mandatory presence.
Contact:
lecture2593@tuwien.ac.at (Subject: Number of lecture & issue)
E-Mails to other adresses can and will not be processed.
Presence, Active contribution to the discussion in class, timely delivery of brief written reflections
In Detail:
Note: Late hand-in of deliverables will without exception neither be accepted nor processed.
Achtung: Eine Teilnahme ist nur nach Durchführen einer Vorleistung in TUWEL ("Pre-Work") möglich!
Interesse an den Inhalten.
KollegInnen mit Abneigung gegenüber konzeptionellen Reflexion wird empfohlen von der Belegung dieser Lehrveranstaltung Abstand zu nehmen bzw. eine andere Lehrveranstaltung zu machen.
