Nach positiver Absolvierung der Lehrveranstaltung sind Studierende in der Lage kritisch über Wissenschaft und andere Methoden der "Wahrheitsfindung" zu reflektieren.
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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 2021/2022:
All units require full and mandatory (online) presence.
6 2h Blocks end of October / Beginn of November.
17:00 - 19:00 (5pm - 7 pm) on
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:
Achtung: Leistungsnachweise bzw. Anmeldemodalitäten, die über die normale TISS-Anmeldung hinausgehen, werden ggf. in der ersten Einheit verlautbart.
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.
