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NOMBRE DE LA ASIGNATURA |
TOPICS IN LOGIC, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE |
CÓDIGO |
30001573 |
CURSO ACADÉMICO |
2022/2023 |
TÍTULOS DE MASTER EN QUE SE IMPARTE |
MÁSTER UNIVERSITARIO EN FILOSOFÍA TEÓRICA Y PRÁCTICA
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TIPO |
CONTENIDOS |
Nº ECTS |
5 |
HORAS |
125 |
PERIODO |
SEMESTRE 1
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IDIOMAS EN QUE SE IMPARTE |
INGLÉS |
The aim of this course is to present a publicly relevant debate on a topic of interest for logicians, historians or philosophers of science. We want to introduce the student to the intellectual style of these three disciplines, in particular the ability to clearly articulate your arguments. We also want to show the social relevance of this approach
In addition, our university library will contribute a module on information management skills (in Spanish only). Last, but not least, since every student in the program has to take this course we want them to build a research community that will help them throughout their studies.
This course provides a general introduction that does not presuppose any particular background. If you want to follow this course in English, please do so only if you can read and write it correctly. Otherwise, we will transfer you to the Spanish-speaking section.
COLABORADORES DOCENTES EXTERNOS
Nombre y apellidos |
DATOS NO DISPONIBLES POR OBSOLESCENCIA
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Correo electrónico |
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BREVE CV DE COLABORADOR DOCENTE EXTERNO
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Máximo nivel de formación alcanzado |
Máximo nivel de formación alcanzado |
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Situación profesional actual |
Situación profesional actual |
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Experiencia relevante para la docencia impartida (publicaciones, trayectoria, proyectos...) |
Experiencia relevante para la docencia impartida (publicaciones, trayectoria, proyectos...) |
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María Jiménez Buedo
Monday: 16.00-19.00
Tuesday: 11.00-14.00
Office: 2.27
Phone: 91 398 9653
E-mail: mjbuedo@fsof.uned.es
COMPETENCIAS GENERALES
CG3 - Dominar las bases metodológicas y los conocimientos que permitan la integración de los múltiples saberes filosóficos en un proyecto de trabajo personal.
COMPETENCIAS ESPECÍFICAS
CE2 - Poseer una familiaridad con la actividad investigadora en filosofía gracias al estudio detallado de obras de autores relevantes, a la interacción con profesores que están desarrollando tareas de investigación propias y con los otros alumnos del Máster en los foros de cada asignatura.
CE3 - Usar fuentes bibliográficas, primarias y secundarias, en el área del pensamiento filosófico; saber utilizar las bases de datos (en ambos casos tanto en papel como electrónicas) y aplicar estos conocimientos en la elaboración de trabajos académicos y de investigación filosófica.
The main three goals of this course are as follows:
- The analysis of a current philosophical topic or controversy, delineating the contours of a current debate and summarizing and evaluating the main positions in the debate.
- Acquiring the basic information management skills required for conducting research in philosophy
- Building a students’ community that will provide support to its members throughout the Master
Mechanisms in the Philosophy of Science
In this years's edition of the course we will discuss the role of mechanisms and mechanistic explanation in the Philosophy of Science.
1. What concept of mechanism?
We will deal with recent conceptual syntheses of the notion of mechanism attempting to use unificatory framework across the sciences.
We will also deal with recent deflationary conceptual strategies that have tried to simplify the philosophical notions of mechanism, in order to correct what they think is a metaphysically inflated concept that as such does not match the scientific intuitions of any particular discipline.
2. Mechanisms in explanation and mechanisms in causal inference
In the second part of the course, we will deal with recent attempts to systematize the role of mechanisms in causal explanation and inference.
As for the first half of the course, each student will answer three questionnaires on a selection of papers available in the course's platform. The answers cannot go beyond 1500 words for each assignment. Part of the answers should be posted and discussed in a message board in the platform.
The second half of the course will be tought and graded by the library staff and will deal with bibliographic and information techniques useful to researchers. This part of the course must be passed in order to obtain the credits for Topics in LHFC.
If a student does not pass the library module in February, s/he pass it again in September.
TIPO DE PRUEBA PRESENCIAL
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Tipo de examen |
Tipo de examen |
No hay prueba presencial |
CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA PRUEBA PRESENCIAL Y/O LOS TRABAJOS |
CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA PRUEBA PRESENCIAL Y/O LOS TRABAJOS
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Requiere Presencialidad |
Requiere Presencialidad |
No |
Descripción |
Descripción |
Three assignments on the readings proposed (see methodology).
This course ALSO requires to pass a module on bibliographical techniques for researchers, which is taught by Uned library staff.
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Criterios de evaluación |
Criterios de evaluación |
Clarity and conceptual precision.
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Ponderación de la prueba presencial y/o los trabajos en la nota final |
Ponderación de la prueba presencial y/o los trabajos en la nota final |
The final grade will be based on a weighted average of the grades of the different assignments based on the readings. |
Fecha aproximada de entrega |
Fecha aproximada de entrega |
monthly |
Comentarios y observaciones |
Comentarios y observaciones |
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PRUEBAS DE EVALUACIÓN CONTINUA (PEC) |
PRUEBAS DE EVALUACIÓN CONTINUA (PEC)
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¿Hay PEC? |
¿Hay PEC? |
Si,PEC no presencial |
Descripción |
Descripción |
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Criterios de evaluación |
Criterios de evaluación |
Clarity and conceptual precision.
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Ponderación de la PEC en la nota final |
Ponderación de la PEC en la nota final |
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Fecha aproximada de entrega |
Fecha aproximada de entrega |
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Comentarios y observaciones |
Comentarios y observaciones |
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OTRAS ACTIVIDADES EVALUABLES
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¿Hay otra/s actividad/es evaluable/s? |
¿Hay otra/s actividad/es evaluable/s? |
Si,no presencial |
Descripción |
Descripción |
There will be on-line debates and discussions based on the news or other content related to the courses topics. Participation is advised and may count towards the final grade (up to 10%)
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Criterios de evaluación |
Criterios de evaluación |
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Ponderación en la nota final |
Ponderación en la nota final |
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Fecha aproximada de entrega |
Fecha aproximada de entrega |
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Comentarios y observaciones |
Comentarios y observaciones |
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¿Cómo se obtiene la nota final?
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The final grade is the average of the grades obtained in the different assignments with an aditional 10% for participation in the course platform forum.
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In the first part of this course, we will discuss the following texts following the two main thematic blocks of the course:
- Craver, Carl, and James Tabery. "Mechanisms in science." (2015).
- Illari, P. M., & Williamson, J. (2012). What is a mechanism? Thinking about mechanisms across the sciences. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2(1), 119-135.
- Ioannidis, S., & Psillos, S. (2017). In Defense of Methodological Mechanism: The Case of Apoptosis. Axiomathes, 27(6), 601-619.
- Kincaid, H. (2011). Causal Modeling, Mechanisms, and Probability in Epidemiology. Causality in the Sciences, 70-90.
- Russo, Federica, and Jon Williamson. "Interpreting causality in the health sciences." International studies in the philosophy of science 21.2 (2007): 157-170.
- Steel, D. (2004). Social mechanisms and causal inference. Philosophy of the social sciences, 34(1), 55-78.
- Wilde, Michael, and Veli-Pekka Parkkinen. "Extrapolation and the Russo–Williamson thesis." Synthese 196.8 (2019): 3251-3262.
Additional texts and references will be uploaded in the course platform.