Logic and Epistemology (Advanced Studies)

Teacher(s)

Verdée Peter;

Language

French
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Main themes

Each year, the course will select a particular theme in logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, in epistemology or a theme that cuts across these disciplines.

Content

The Limits of Knowledge
The following topics will be covered:

• Limitative theorems (Gödel, Tarski, Church, Turing) in mathematics, computer science, and truth theory
• The Gettier problem
• Paradoxes of truth, probability, and knowability
• The measurement problem in quantum physics

Teaching methods

Classical course

Evaluation methods

January
50% of the final grade: a presentation in the course sessions
50% of the final grade: open book oral exam

August
50% of the final grade: written assignment
50% of the final grade: open book oral exam

Other information

For the written work, the student is required to systematically indicate all parts having been the subject of use of AI, for example by a footnote, specifying whether the AI was used for the research of information, for writing the text or for its correction. Sources of information must be systematically cited while respecting bibliographic referencing standards. The student remains responsible for the content of his or her production regardless of the sources used.

Online resources

Moodle page of the course

Bibliography

Isaye Gaston, Critique de la Connaissance, Syllabus, Facultés Universitaires ND de la Paix, Namur, 1970
Piaget Jean, La Psychologie de l'Intelligence, Armand Collin, 1947
Koestler Arthur, Le cri d'Archimède, 1964
Arthur Koestler, Le cheval dans la locomotive, 1967
Dewey John, Logique. La théorie de l'enquête, trad. française de Deleddalle, PUF, 1ère éd. 1967

Teaching materials

• Textes et dias disponibles sur Moodle

Faculty or entity

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