15FLFL014 - General Methodology

Course specification
Course title General Methodology
Acronym 15FLFL014
Study programme Philosophy
Module
Type of study first degree undergraduate academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
    ESPB 6.0 Status
    Condition No additional requirements. Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the methodological basis of the sciences and philosophical reflection on (scientific) methods, as well as to give the students an overall insight in methods which are being used in the sciences and philosophy. The students also need to be familiarized with the historical development of methodology concerning natural and human sciences, ranging from classical to modern authors.
    The outcome Enabling students to grasp the employment of different methods in scientific practice, and how those methods reflect on the level of philosophy of the method.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures General approach: definition of methodology, examination of history of methodology, subdivision of methodology. Methodology of natural and social sciences (explanation versus understanding). Notion of method. Scientific and philosophical methods. Philosophical thinking about method: analysis and synthesis, abstraction, generalization, specialization; definition, division, classification; deduction, induction; argument; description, pondering; verification, falsification. Scientific methods: scientific observation, experiment, axiomatic method, method of formalization, modelling method, statistical method, systematic method.
    Contents of exercises Learning about different methods through analysis and discussion of methodologically relevant texts.
    Literature
    1. Bacon, F.: Aphorisms Concerning the Interpretation of Nature.
    2. Weber, M.: On the Methodology of the Social Sciences.
    3. Windelband, V.: What is Philosophy and Other Writings.
    4. Wright, G. H. von: Explanation and Understanding.
    5. Descartes, R.: Discourse on the Method.
    6. Kant, I: Logic.
    7. Cohen, M.-E. Nagel: An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method.
    8. Peirce, Ch. S.: Selected Writings.
    9. Popper, K. R.: Objective Knowledge.
    10. Foucault, M.: The Archaeology of Knowledge.
    11. Hirsch, E. D. Jr.: The Aims of Interpretation.
    12. Šešić, B.: General Methodology.
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    2 2
    Methods of teaching Dialogical method, text analysis
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures 20 Test paper
    Practical lessons 20 Oral examination 50
    Projects
    Colloquia
    Seminars 10
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