IZU 011 - History and Philosophy of Science

Departments Supervised by the Rectorate · İZÜ Seçmeli Dersler · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 IZU Common Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Büşra TOMBAK İLHAN

Course Objective

By the end of this course and successful completion of all course requirements, the student will be able to do all of the following:

  • accurately summarize the central questions and debates facing philosophers of science today,
  • compare and contrast the predominant philosophical positions on such questions and debates,
  • explain the importance of such issues by appeal to specific episodes from the history of scientific thought,
  • exercise an improved ability to think philosophically about today’s scientific research and findings.
 

Course Content

Chronological explanations of contributions and paradigm changes from the first civilizations to the present.

Core Area Distribution

(42) Life Sciences%20 (58) Architecture and Building%20 (99) Unknown / Unspecified%60