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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Agricultural - Special Program
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Nati Kupfer
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Mr. Netanel Kupfer
Course/Module description:
The course has two main pillars: historical and philosophical.
History:
We will try to elucidate - in very broad outlines - some major turning points in the historical development of scientific thought:
1. The birth of modern science in ancient Greece
2. The nature of Aristotelian science, which prevailed from 300BC until the 15th century AD.
3. The birth of modern science and its characteristics.
Philosophically:
We will track basic concepts and philosophical questions concerning the nature of scientific thought. We will tackle these issues by discussing writings of different philosophers throughout history.
Course/Module aims:
Recognize the major stations in the history of scientific thought, with an emphasis on the difference between the old science, Aristotelian, and the new science of the 17th century onwards
- To recognize a number of problems and basic concepts in philosophy of science
- Recognize the basic concepts in philosophy
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Recognize the major stations in the history of scientific thought, with an emphasis on the difference between the old science, Aristotelian, and the new science of the 17th century onwards
- To recognize a number of problems and basic concepts in philosophy of science
- Recognize the basic concepts in philosophy
Attendance requirements(%):
75
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, assignments
Course/Module Content:
- Lesson 1: Introduction.
- Lesson 2: "Myth to Logos" - the birth of science in Greece: the myth to the pre-Socratic philosophers.
- Lesson 3: Pre-Socratic philosophers: the search for unity and multiplicity.
- Lesson 4: Platonic scientific concept to Aristotle: episteme and doxa; World of Ideas"; Math and saved phenomena"; Structure of the universe based on dialogue Timaeus and astronomy Aaodksos. Aristotelian cosmos.
- Lesson 5: Science Aristotelian - criticism of Plato; "Four reasons"; Category theory; Aristotelian cosmos and Aristotelian logic.
- Lesson 6: basic concepts of logic: what is the logic? The general and informal, the basic laws of logic, "deduction and induction," "inference", "sufficient and necessary condition", and modus modus Fonns Tolns" (and something about the difference between the current logic Aristotelian logic)
- Lesson 7: The New Science: Why did he come so late? Copernican revolution; Hmtmtiztzih of nature: Galileo, Descartes, Leibniz and Newton; Comparing old New Science of Science.
- Lesson 8: Rationalism in front of empiricism, skepticism and criticism: Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon. Immanuel Kant's critical and his scientific conception.
- Lesson 9: logical positivism and philosopher of science Karl Hempel: Theories verifiable or just to confirm ?; Regardless of age and context of justification; Scientific explanations, hypotheses and induction, according to the waterfall; "The false of conclusion charge
- Lesson 10: philosopher of science Karl Popper: the problem of demarcation and the difference between science and pseudo-as a science; Attack the scientific concept of inductive; Refutation concept and the concept of history as history of scientific hypotheses and refutations.
- Lesson 11: philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn: sociology of science; Concepts "paradigm" and 'Ordinary Science ".
- Lesson 12: The concept of reduction and the question of the difference between the different areas of science (especially the Life Sciences)
- Lesson 13: human sciences and natural sciences (especially the problem of body and soul)
- Lesson 14: problems in the philosophy of Biology
Required Reading:
In Hebrew
Additional Reading Material:
None
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 100 %
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