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Study Plan
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Philosophy of Science (2009/2010)
Teaching code
4S00960
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- Bioethics of the course Bachelor in Agroindustrial Biotechnology (until 2008-2009 academic year)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-FIL/02 - LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Period
1st Semester dal Oct 1, 2009 al Jan 31, 2010.
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is to study the methodology and the fundamental concepts of modern science, of mathematics and physics but also of the sciences of life, and to clarify principles of demarcation between scientific knowledge and other forms of knowledge. An important pay-off of such an analysis is given by its applications to Bioethics.
The analytic study of the foundations is supplemented by a historical consideration of the origin of scientific concepts in Western philosophical tradition. Special attention will be given to the biological works by Aristotle.
Program
PART 1
Ernest Nagel The Structure of Science, Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation Hackett Publishing Company, 1979,
Chapters 2 e 3
Chapters 4 e 5
G.Boniolo e Stefano Giaimo (ed.) Filosofia e scienze della vita. Un'analisi dei fondamenti della biologia e della biomedicina, Bruno Mondadori editore, 2008
PART 2
John Losee A Historical Introduction fo the Philosophy of Science Oxford University Press, Fourth Edition 2001
Aristotle:
Excerpts from Posterior Analitics, Mario Mignucci ed., Laterza, De Anima, De motu animalium.
On issues of bioethics
Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Bioethics edited by Helga Kuhse e Peter Singer, Blackwell 1999.
Examination Methods
Written text and / or orals (as agreed with the instructor)
