Universität Wien

180057 SE Scientific Representation (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

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Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Dienstag 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 18.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 25.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 08.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 15.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 22.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 29.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 06.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 10.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 24.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Dienstag 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Content:
The course provides an advanced introduction to the current philosophical discussion of scientific representation and modeling. The topics discussed include:
- Scientific modeling
- Structuralist and pragmatist accounts of representation
- Fictional and artefactual approaches to modeling
- Computational models and interdisciplinary exchange
- Representational practices

Objectives:
Having taken this course, the student is able to understand, and participate in the philosophical discussion of scientific representation and modeling at the level of less technical papers appearing in academic philosophical journals. The student is also able to apply the more general philosophical discussion of representation to particular instances of scientific research. The course also seeks to nurture a reflective attitude to the role of representation in science and technology.

Methods:
1. short lectures by the instructors
2. careful reading and critical discussion of the literature (concepts, themes, arguments)
3. question(s) concerning the reading(s) submitted through Moodle, and participation in the Moodle discussion. The questions need to be motivated. Each student needs to submit at least one question, and one response to a question of another student.
4. co-chairing the group discussion
5. a presentation and a short final thesis-oriented essay on a specific theme discussed in the course.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment
• careful reading and active discussion of the literature
• questions in the Moodle platform
• active discussion in the Moodle platform
• (co-)chairing group discussion in the class
• a presentation and a short final thesis-oriented essay

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

- active participation (10%),
- questions and online discussion of readings (20%),
- (co-)chairing a class (10%),
- a presentation and a short final thesis-oriented essay (60%).

All aforementioned components of the course have to be fulfilled for the successful completion of the grade.

One unexcused absence is permitted.

Grading table
1 – (excellent) 90 – 100 points
2 – (good) 81 – 89 points
3 – (satisfactory) 71 – 80 points
4 – (sufficient) 61 – 70 points
5 – (insufficient) 0 – 60 points

Prüfungsstoff

The course has a final essay in English, to be submitted after the course. The instructions are given in the syllabus, Moodle, and in the class.

Literatur

Boltzmann, L. 1902/1911. “Models.” Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.). (638-640). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

French, S., and J. Ladyman J. 1999. “Reinflating the Semantic Approach.” International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 13: 103-121.

Suárez, M. 2003. “Scientific Representation: Against Similarity and Isomorphism.” International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 17: 225-244.

Giere, R. N. 2010. “An Agent-based Conception of Models and Scientific Representation. Synthese 172: 269-281.

Suárez, Mauricio. 2010. “Scientific Representation.” Philosophy Compass 5(1): 91–101.

Bueno, Otávio and Mark Colyvan. 2011. “An Inferential Conception of the Application of Mathematics.” Nous 45: 345–374.

Weisberg, M. 2007. “Who is a Modeler?” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 58: 207-233.

Knuuttila, T. 2011. “Modelling and Representing: An Artefactual Approach to Model-Based Representation.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 42(2): 262–71.

Thomson-Jones, M. 2019. “Realism About Missing Systems.” In P. Godfrey-Smith and A. Levy (Eds.), The Scientific Imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press (pp. 75-101).

Humphreys. P. 2004. Extending Ourselves: Computational Science, Empiricism, and Scientific Method (pp. 49-72, 88-100)

Latour, B. 1995. “The ‘Pédofil’ of Boa Vista: A Photo-Philosophical Montage.” Common Knowledge V4, N1: 144-187.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 11.05.2023 11:27