Seminar on Philosophy of Natural Sciences

lfilo2930  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Seminar on Philosophy of Natural Sciences
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Guay Alexandre (coordinator); Pence Charles; Verdée Peter;
Language
French
Main themes
The seminar will focus on a theme in the area of the philosophy of natural science, to be determined by its members in relation to research projects they are currently involved with. Active participation at seminar meetings is strongly encouraged. Professors and researchers from the UCL interested in the topic and specialists in the topic from outside the UCL may participate in the seminar.
Content
The 2019-2020 seminar’s theme will be “Clash between the scientific and the manifest images”.
The seminar will be fused with the research seminar (Onto)LOgical Frameworks Of Science : The Linguistic Return (OLOFOS) organized by the FNRS contact group bearing the same name.
Teaching methods
A seminar followed by a workshop.
Evaluation methods
The evaluation consists of three elements: active participation to the seminar (20% of the final grade), a personal research essay (50%) and the presentation of this paper to the seminar workshop (30%).
In second session, the evaluation consists of a personal research essay (50%) + a written exam (50%).
Other information
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Online resources
See course Moodle website.
Bibliography
Des documents et une bibliographie seront fournis aux étudiants via le site du cours.
Faculty or entity
EFIL


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

Master [120] in Philosophy