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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
philosophy
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Michael Roubach
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Michael Roubach
Course/Module description:
The course introduces the French epistemological school through three major figures: Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem and Michel Foucault. The main characterization of this school is that epistemology is closely related to the sciences and their development
Course/Module aims:
acquaintance with the French school of epistemology
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
knowledge (French style)
Attendance requirements(%):
75%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lectures and reading texts
Course/Module Content:
1. What is French epistemology?
2. Bachelard on the development of science
3. Canguilhem on the normal and the pathological
4. Foucault on the history of medicine
5. Epistemology according to Foucault
Required Reading:
Bachelard, The New Scientific Spirit
Bachelard, The Formation of the Scientific Mind
Canguilhem, "The History of Science" in Vital Rationalist. Selected Writings of Georges Canguilhem
Canguilhem, The Normal and the Pathological
Foucault, The Birth of the Clinic
Foucault, Archeology of Knowledge
Foucault, "Life: Experience and Science" in Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology
Additional Reading Material:
G. Gutting, Michel Foucault's Archeology of Scientific Reason (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
D. Lacourt, Marxism and Epistemology: Bachelard, Canguilhem, and Foucault (NLB, 1975)
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 100 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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