wmds1106  2020-2021  Bruxelles Woluwe

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
3 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Luyckx Charlotte (compensates Verdée Peter); Verdée Peter;
Language
French
Content
Course overview:
  1. General Introduction
    • What is philosophy? Philosophy seen as the original science
    • Historical and thematic introduction
    • Relationship between medicine and philosophy
  2. Ontology
    • Body and mind. The concepts of reduction, emergence and emergence
    • Life: Its evolution and attempts to delineate the concept
    • Illness and Health. Normality and Pathology
  3. Epistemology
    • EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) and its limitations
    • Causality in medicine and the importance of statistics
  4. Logic
    • Medical diagnosis: forms of reasoning
  5. Philosophy of science
    • Values in science
    • Pseudoscience / alternative medicine
  6. Ethics
    • Morality in medicine (responsibility, ethics, legality, usefulness of expertise)
  7. Phenomenology
    • Pain and well-being
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Ex cathedra course with some exercises in small groups
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

January
  • Writing exercise during the quadrimester
  • Multiple choice exam in the January exam period
Juin
  • Writing exercise to be handed in during the Juin exam period
  • Multiple choice exam in the Juin exam period
September
  • Writing exercise to be handed in during the September exam period
  • Multiple choice exam in the September exam period
Bibliography
FELTZ B. : La science et le vivant. Philosophie des sciences et modernité critique, Bruxelles, de Boeck, 2014.
Teaching materials
  • Une série de fichiers PowerPoint seront mis à la disposition des étudiants sur la page moodle du cours.
Faculty or entity
MED


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Medecine

Bachelor in Dentistry