ITKJ1000 Tieteenteoria (3 op)

Course Objectives

• Knowledge and Understanding
- Acquire and show knowledge about central positions, schools, and traditions in philosophy of science
- Acquire and show an understanding about similarities and differences between different scientific traditions, modes of thinking, and methodological, philosophical, and theoretical perspectives
- Describe central problem areas and questions in philosphy of science, concerning epistemology and ontology

• Skills and Abilities
- Position and relate to your own research discipline, as well as research and science in general, within the frame of philosophy of science, its different traditions, and philosophical perspectives
- Exhibit a critical mode of thinking, argumentative skills, and constructive way of reviewing scientific work
- Present and motivate methodological and theoretical choices, based on philosophical stances. This will be done both orally and in text