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Freie Universität Bozen

Philosophy of Science

Semester 1 · 29051 · Doktoratsstudium in Management · 3KP · EN


The course focuses on the acquisition of analytical abilities and the development of critical thinking with regard to basic epistemological problems

Lehrende: Ivo De Gennaro

Vorlesungsstunden: 18
Laboratoriumsstunden: 0
Anwesenheitpflicht: Required

Themen der Lehrveranstaltung
Topics: - “good science” vs. “bad science” - falsificationism, the methodology of scientific research programmes, methodological anarchism - the structure of hypothetical knowledge - explicit and implicit assumptions - model building and experienced reality - motivations for model building - operative ends and ends in themselves - the operative concepts of needs, the human being, time - welfare- and scarcity-based definitions of economics - scientific responsibility and the ethical scope of scientific knowledge.

Unterrichtsform
Seminar style.

Bildungsziele
Knowledge and understanding: 1. knowledge and understanding of the scope and task of scientific research; 2. knowledge of the structure of hypothetical knowledge; 3. knowledge of basic ethical issues of scientific research. Applying knowledge and understanding: 1. development of the capacity for distinguishing between scientific performance and scientific truth; 2. development of the ability to discern between relations of cause and effect and the truth of a phenomenon; 3. development of the capacity for critically assessing the formulation and implementation of a research endeavour. Making judgments: 1. understanding the peculiarity of scientific judgments; 2. understanding and applying the difference between making a judgment and evaluating; 3. understanding and applying the difference between making a judgment and expressing an opinion. Learning skills: 1. autonomous reasoning; 2. interpretive abilities exercised on economic texts; 3. oral and written expression of autonomous thinking.

Art der Prüfung
Short essay based on course readings and/or class discussion and/or methodological reflections on relevant scientific literature.

Bewertungskriterien
Willingness to engage in meta-scientific (ethical and methodological) reflection; clarity and consistency of reasoning.

Pflichtliteratur

All texts, as well as further readings and lecture notes, will be made available through the digital course repository.



Weiterführende Literatur

Will be indicated upon request.




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