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Theory in Nurse-Midwifery - LOGICA E FILOSOFIA DELLA SCIENZA (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S000449
Teacher
Credits
2
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-FIL/02 - LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Period
1°anno 2°semestre LM dal Apr 20, 2017 al Jun 24, 2017.
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
Learning outcomes
To achieve a new awareness about the complexity of caring by reflecting on some fundamental myths related to it (Care, Prometheus, Babel);
To identify some of the challenges of caring by reconstructing its historical development;
Getting acquaintance with some categories of philosophy of science for a clinical appraisal to one's clinical practice;
Getting acquaintance with some categories of logic for a clinical appraisal to one's clinical practice
To know a more suitable model of reasoning/choice making for caring: practical wisdom
Program
The challenges for caring entailed in its fundamental Myths and in its History;
The implicit assumptions of some common ways of thinking in medicine (the distinction between facts and values; the connection between verification and truth; the difference between science and philosophy; the heredity of positivism...) in the light of some issues of philosophy of science (The problem of demarcation; Inductivism; Holism; The problem of so-called protocol-sentences...);
Induction (Hints); The logic of Deduction; Syllogism; Inferences fallacies; Truth- Table (Wittgenstein);
The connection between caring and wisdom: through a more suitable logic for caring;
Recommended material (Further information will be given in the class)
- Slides (Power Point)
- Item "to cure“. Encyclopedia of Bioethics (2nd ed.) Warren Reich. / o Prendersi cura dei vulnerabili: il punto di incontro tra etica secolare ed etica religiosa nel mondo pluralistico. ITC-Provincia autonoma di Trento
- Dordoni Paolo. Itinerari di Bioetica. Cortina Edizioni Universitarie. If available, otherwise the following texts:
- Dordoni Paolo. Tra scienza e tecnica. Il recupero della prudenza nella prassi infermieristica (Draft)
- Dordoni Paolo. Cura Prudenza e responsabilità nella pratica infermieristica. Atti del convegno 22 maggio Trento Cura. Esperienze e Evidenze. Organizzato dal collegio IPASVI di Trento o Dordoni Paolo. Uno nessuno centomila. I molti volti del destinatario dell’informazione sanitaria.
About specific topics following books/articles are recomended:
- Gillies D. Giorello. La filosofia della scienza nel XX secolo. Laterza. Roma 1995. (cap. 1 (pp. 5-15); cap. 2 (pp. 35-47); cap. 3 (69-76) cap. 4 (pp. 106-116); cap. 5; cap. 6. cap. 7 (161-167)….
- Federspil Giovanni. Logica clinica. Mac Graw-Hill. Milano 2004. (3-90) A titolo di integrazione.
Gracia Guillén Diego. “Moral deliberation: the role of methodologies in clinical ethics”. Medicine Health care and Philosophy. (2001) 4: 223-232. Tradotto “la deliberazione come metodo della razionalità pratica” in AA.VV. L’argomentazione del giudizio bioetico. Teorie a confronto. A cura di Viafora e Mocellin. Franco Angeli. Milano 2006.
Examination Methods
Written Text (open questions)
