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| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)keine
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| Original study plan |
Doctoral programme Social and Economic Sciences 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Competences:
Students are able to apply a range of core concepts in the philosophy of science to case studies in science and to use them to gain insights.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
Students are able to:
- explain, using a simple example, why scientific theories cannot be tested in isolation;
- understand the induction problem and be able to illustrate it using simple examples;
- describe different models of scientific explanation;
- argue whether or not scientific reasoning and scientific progress are rational;
- explain why scientific progress is slow and gradual;
- argue whether science is a particularly good source of knowledge – and if so, why;
- describe various sources of value judgements in the sciences.
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Students are familiar with the following concepts, problems and models in the philosophy of science:
- scientific rationality;
- arguments and models of logically valid arguments;
- deduction, induction and the problem of induction;
- the Duhem problem;
- realism and anti-realism;
- scientific worldviews;
- the theory-laden nature of observation;
- scientific paradigms, normal science, paradigm shifts;
- regression, correlation, causality and mechanism;
- fact-/value entanglement.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
examination, attendance, in-class participation
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| Methods |
Lecture by instructor
Discussions on respective topics
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| Language |
German or English |
| Study material |
- Becker, Howard S. (1994) Die Kunst des professionellen Schreibens. Frankfurt
- Biagioli, M. (Ed., 1999): The Science Studies Reader. New York & London
- Chalmers, A. (1986): Wege der Wissenschaft. Berlin
- Cummings, L. L. / Frost, P. J. (Ed., 1995): Publishing in the Organizational Sciences. London
- Felt, U. et al. (Eds., 1995): Wissenschaftsforschung. Eine Einführung. Frankfurt / New York
- Fröhlich, G. (2003): Der soziale und öffentliche Charakter der wissenschaftlichen Methoden. Linz
- Musgrave, A. (1993): Alltagswissen, Wissenschaft und Skeptizismus. Tübingen
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Earlier variants |
They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to)
300WIFOTHEU15: IK Philosophy of Science (2015S-2021S)
3DOK: IK Philosophy of Science (2009W-2014W)
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