8231004Philosophy and History of Science (Special Lectures)
| Numbering Code | G-LET32 68231 LJ34 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | Fri.2 | |
| Instructor name | ISEDA TETSUJI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | To deal with various problems in contemporary society, the necessity to conduct interdisciplinary research utilizing insights from various fields of knowledge gets increasingly more pressing. However, the research subject of traditional philosophy of science has been more conventional fields like physics and biology, paying little attention to problems specific to interdisciplinary studies. In this class, interdisciplinarity is taken as the main subject; we look at what an interdisciplinary study is and what philosophy of science can do to that kind of study. | |||
| Course Goals | To understand what kind of issues are raised as to interdisciplinarity; to acquire the ability to examine various positions critically. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Part 1 what is interdisciplinarity 1 what are disciplines? 2 what are interdisciplinary studies? 3 relevance of philosophy Part 2 Issues with interdisciplinarity 4 typologies of interdisciplinarity 5 epistemic challenge of interdisciplinary research 6 methods for cross-disciplinary research 7 interdisciplinary learning 8 the military-industrial route to interdisciplinarity 9 evaluating interdisciplinary research Part 3 concrete examples of interdisciplinary studies 10 interdisciplinarity in earth sciences 11 interdisciplinarity in biological sciences 12 interdisciplinarity in social sciences 13 science and technology studies (STS) 14 cognitive science 15 wrap-up |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | The evaluation will be based on two papers (50% each). The points of view of the evaluation are the understanding of the content of the class and appropriate application of the understanding to concrete cases. | |||
| Course Requirements | No background is required, but if you are not familiar with philosophy of science in general, please read some introductory book by yourself. Okasha's introductory book (Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction) is recommended. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Participants are expected to read the assigned reading before each class to be able to take part in the class discussion. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
The readings are from the following books and will be distributed in the class. Rolf Hvdtfeldt (2017) The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science. Palgrave Macmillan. Robert Frodeman, et al. eds. (2016) The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity. Oxford University Press. |
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