Curriculum subject

Philosophy of Science and Politics I

Subject
Subject code	HKE073
Subject name	Philosophy of Science and Politics I
Credit points	2 ECTS
Grading method	Grade prelim

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2006 EA
Study year	1
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Mandatory

Subject loads
Lecture	8
Practice	16

General description
Ancient Greece as the birthplace of culture and theoretical science. The appearance of theoretical approaches in various sciences. Ways of deducting fundamental theoretical schemes: deductive and genetic-constructive derivation. Scientific revolutions - discovery of anomalies and/or the result of the interaction of various disciplines. Global scientific revolutions - creators of scientific rationality types. Changing ideals, category networks and ideological applications of science as basic distinguishers between classical, non-classical and post-non-classical science.

General aim
The objective of the course is to provide the students with an understanding of the basic philosophical starting points.

Aim
After completing the course students are able to understand the most general regularities in development of science.

Form description
Lectures, seminars, independent work.

Literature
1. Salumaa, E. 1992 - 1994. Filosoofia ajalugu I - II. Tallinn. 2. Meos, J. 1994. Lisalugemisi filosoofia ajaloost. Tallinn. 3. Saarinen, E. 1996. Filosoofia ajalugu tipult tipule, Sokratesest Marxini. Tallinn. 4. Künnapas, T. 1992. Suured mõtlejad. Tallinn. 5. Kunzmann, P., Burkard, F. P. , Wiedemann, F. 2004. A ja O. Filosoofia taskuteatmik. Tallinn. 6. Jacoby, E. Filosoofid. 2003. Tallinn: TEA. 7. Mitchinson Joad, C.E. 1996. Sissejuhatus filosoofiasse. Tartu: Ilmamaa.8. Luik, T. 2002. Filosoofiast kõnelda. Tartu: Ilmamaa. 9. Merenäkk, T. 2005. Eurofilosoofia I. Tartu. 10. Magee, B. 2000. Filosoofia lugu. Tallinn: Varrak. 11. Materials chosen and put together by the lecturer.

Current rounds
None