Universität Wien

180170 VO-L Lectures on Philosophy of Science (2012W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie

4.10. Thomas Grundmann (Cologne), "Can Your Reasons Justify My
Beliefs?"

11.10. Sanford Goldberg (Northwestern), "Epistemic Entitlement and
Luck"

18.10. Paul Dicken (Munich), "The Two-Attitudes Approach to
Modality And Empiricism"

25.10. Paul Hoyningen-Huene (Hannover), " Thomas Kuhns Entwicklung
vor und nach der 'Struktur wissenschaftlicher Revolutionen'"

8.11. Hannes Rakoczy (Leipzig), "The Development of Collective
Intentionality in Early Childhood"

15.11. Albert Newen (Bochum), "Den Anderen verstehen: Wie erkennen
wir mentale Zustände anderer Personen?"

22.11. Max Kölbel (Barcelona), "Second Hand Knowledge and the
Language Faculty"

29.11. Nikola Kompa (Osnabrück), "Contextualism, Relativism and the
Problem of (Lost) Disagreement"

6.12. Hasok Chang (Cambridge), "Water: The Long Road to H2O"

13.12. Don Howard (Notre Dame), "Einstein and the Vienna Circle"

10.1. Thomas H. Smith (Manchester), "Can't Get Started? Yes We Can!"

17.1.Neil Roughley (Duisburg-Essen),"Empathie und Moral"

24.1. Paul Faulkner (Sheffield), "A Virtue Account of Testimony"

31.1. Ursula Renz (Klagenfurt), "Self-Knowledge as a Personal
Achievement"

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 04.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 11.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 18.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 25.10. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 08.11. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 15.11. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 22.11. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 29.11. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 06.12. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 13.12. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 10.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 17.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 24.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Thursday 31.01. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course offers an overview over central issues in epistemology, social ontology as well as history and philosophy of science. Languages of instruction are German and English.

Assessment and permitted materials

(1) Summaries of six of the fourteen lectures. Each
summary must be between 600 and 1200 words. Please include a word count.
(2) An essay on one of the lectures. The essay must be between 4000 and
5500 words. Please include a word count. The deadline for the six
summaries and the essay is Friday, February 15, 2013 at 10 am. Please
submit your manuscripts in electronic format (.doc, .rtf or .wpd) by
sending them as email attachments to sven.bernecker@univie.ac.at and
friedrich.stadler@univie.ac.at

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Lectures and discussion. Independent study.

Reading list


Association in the course directory

MA M 1 Theoretische Philosophie
M3 A. Erkenntistheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Technik- u. Medienphilosophie
MA M 1 Geist-Welt-Sprache
MA M 3 Philosophie der Gegenwart
MA 4 HPS

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