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Academic discipline: Logica e filosofia della scienza (M-FIL/02)
Field: Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity: Base

40 hours
of face-to-face activities

5 credits

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Course unit partition: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (UNIT A)

Learning objectives

To obtain documented knowledge of the main problems related to a scientific method which can be used in various disciplines.

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Comparison of 20th century scientific theories. 
 
CONTENTS: 
 
The Positivism of the 19th century created a vision of science which, along with the new geometry and mathematics of the time, resulted in logical empiricism. We will study the tenets and most important authors of this historical journey.

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Bibliography

M. MARSONET, Introduzione alla filosofia scientifica del '900, Studium, Roma 1994 ss., pp. 1 – 158. 
 
F. DE CAPITANI, Note logico-teoretiche a "Sul fondamento della conoscenza" di Moritz Schlick, in AA. VV., 'Vigilantia silentiosa...'. Studi di filosofia in onore di Leonardo Verga (F. De Capitani), Angeli, Milano 2001, pp. 243-258. 
 
OBLIGATORY READING: 
F. DE CAPITANI, Male, libertà, anima e arti…, Uninova, Parma 2005.

Teaching methods

Lessons, oral and written discussions.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written essays personal; oral verification of the levels of learning achieved.

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