Universität Wien
Course Exam

180123 VO Causal Evidence and Explanation Across the Sciences (2024W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie

Friday 31.01.2025 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3F NIG 3.Stock

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

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Examination topics

Exam structure: As the course consists of both introductory material in philosophy of science (Lectures 1-3) and more advanced material on causal evidence and explanation (Lectures 4-11), the written exam will consist of one randomly chosen question from the first block and two questions from the second block. Question 1 is worth 30% of the grade, the other two questions are worth 35% each. Each question will contain a descriptive part (describing a specific philosophical problem or defining a concept) and an argumentative part (defending a particular position on the problem).

Students are allowed to use notes based on lectures/lecture slides during the exam. No other aids will be permitted.

Preparation materials: lecture notes; lecture slides on Moodle; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; background readings listed in the syllabus. Doing the background reading is advisable to enhance your understanding of lecture material but having a detailed knowledge of the readings is not required.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final grade will be based on a written exam. Questions will be based on the lectures, the PDFs of the slides made available on the e-learning platform, and the background reading.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The examination for the lecture will be graded on a basis of 100 points in total.
100-89 points Excellent
88-76 points Good
75-63 points Satisfactory
62-50 points Sufficient
49-0 points Unsatisfactory (fail)

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