After successful completion of the course, students are able to critically review science and (in contrast to science) other methods of gaining "truth".
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This course aims to encourage general critical reflections regarding the role of science and the scientific method in generation of knowledge. Following a concise introdution to the scientific methods, the course will address 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 and the scietific method will be followed by reflections on other purported methods of investigation of the natural world and the human conditions. These reflections address, amongst others, traditions and institutions in the areass of philosophy, arts, and religion. 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 2022/23
Course is fully conducted in TUWEL. Task is provided by Start of March 2023, Task has be fulfilled until 28th of March 2023.
Contact:
lecture2593@tuwien.ac.at (Subject: Number of lecture & issue)
E-Mails to other adresses can and will not be processed.
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Note: details about grading / admission will be provided in the first session.
Interest on the discussed issues.
This course may not be appropriate for colleagues who are not interested in general conceptional reflections regarding science and culture. Thus, such colleagues may want to consider taking a different course.
