180175 VO-L Philosophy Lectures (2013W)
Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Social Ontology
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PHILOSOPHY LECTURES - EPISTEMOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, SOCIAL ONTOLOGYDonnerstag: 17-19 Uhr, NIG 2.Stock, HS 2i3. October 2013: Claudine Tiercelin (Paris),Some Reflections about theConcept of Metaphysical Knowledge17. October 2013: Léna Soler (Nancy), Could the Contents of our Sciencehave been Different? Remarks on the Issue of Contingency versusInevitability in the Philosophy of Science31. October 2013: Olivier Morin (Budapest), What would Social Life Looklike without Commitment, without Shared Rules, and without a DistinctOntology?7. November 2013: Ilkka Niiniluoto (Helsinki), Eino Kaila and the ViennaCircle" (21th Vienna Circle Lecture). Location: Senatssitzungssaal, Hauptgebäude am Universitätsring der Universität Wien. Opening Lecture of the conference LogicalEmpiricism and Pragmatism": http://www.univie.ac.at/ivc/LE_Pragmatism.pdf14. November 2013: Sami Pihlström (Helsinki), Naturalizing theTranscendental Self?21. November 2013: Stanley Paulson (St. Louis), Das Ende der reinenRechtslehre: Zum Umbruch im Werk Hans Kelsens28. November 2013: Arthur Ripstein (Toronto): Not on the Merits: Kant andthe Law of War. Joint Lecture with the conference Freedom and Coercion.Kant's Legal and Political Philosoph", Vienna, Nov. 28-30, 2013,organized by the ERC-Project "Distortions of Normativity, program:http://distortions.univie.ac.at/5. December 2013: Simon Schaffer (Cambridge), Finitism and OrientalistNatural History12. December 2013: Stephen Butterfill (Warwick), Collective Intentionalityand Social Intelligence16. January 2014 Mark Sprevak (Edinburgh), Predictive Coding23. January 2014: Cristina Becchio (Turin), Intention in Action30. January 2014: Eerik Lagerspetz (Turku), What is the PhilosophicalSignificance of the Social Choice Impossibility Results?
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Language: German
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Currently no class schedule is known.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture 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 out of all 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 first deadline for the six
summaries and the essay is March 7, 2014. Please
submit your manuscripts in electronic format (.doc, .rtf or .wpd) by
sending them as email attachments to hans.bernhard.schmid@univie.ac.at and
friedrich.stadler@univie.ac.at
(2) An essay on one of the lectures. The essay must be between 4000 and
5500 words. Please include a word count. The first deadline for the six
summaries and the essay is March 7, 2014. Please
submit your manuscripts in electronic format (.doc, .rtf or .wpd) by
sending them as email attachments to hans.bernhard.schmid@univie.ac.at and
friedrich.stadler@univie.ac.at
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Orientation and survey on contemporary trends and issues in the fields of epistemology, social ontology, and philosophy of science. Ciritcal analysis of ongoing debates and related publications.
Examination topics
Lectures and discussions. Independent study.
Reading list
Will be provided by the lecturers
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
MA M 3 A
Doktorat
M3 A. Erkenntistheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Technik- u. Medienphilosophie
MA M 1 Geist-Welt-Sprache
MA M 3 Philosophie der Gegenwart
MA 4 HPS
MA M 3 A
Doktorat
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