FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT CARD

Name in Polish : Filozofia nauki i techniki
Name in English : Philosophy of science and technology
Main field of study (if applicable): Environmental Engineering
Specialization (if applicable) : Environmental Quality Management
Level : II
Form: full-time
Kind of subject : obligatory
Subject code : FLC024004W
   

 

Lecture

Classes

Laboratory

Project

Seminar

Number of hours of organized classes in University (ZZU)

15

Number of hours of total student workload (CNPS)

30

Form of crediting

Crediting with grade
Group of courses

Number of ECTS points

1

including number of ECTS points for practical(P) classes

including number of ECTS points for direct teacher–student contact (BK) classes

0.5 NAN NAN NAN NAN
 
PREREQUISITES RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER COMPETENCES
1None
 
SUBJECT OBJECTIVES
C1To acquaint students with specificity of philosophical reflection about science and technology.
C2Systematize and deepen the knowledge of the basic methods of inference that regulate and organize our knowledge.
C3Performance considerations of engineer’s activity and to present the issue of social responsibility in science and technology.
 

SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS

relating to knowledge:
PEK W01The student gains knowledge of the basic methods of inference (deduction, induction and abduction).
PEK W02The student has knowledge that is essential to understanding and interpreting social and philosophical considerations of engineer’s activity.
relating to skills:
relating to social competences:
PEK K01The student is aware of the importance of understanding non-technical aspects and of engineer’s activity, its consequences and responsibility for undertaken decisions.
 

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Form of classes - lecture

Number of hours
Wy1What is the science and technology? The basic concepts and principles of the philosophy of science and philosophy of technology.1
Wy2What is the science and technology? The basic concepts and principles of the philosophy of science and philosophy of technology.1
Wy3The main criteria of scientific knowledge.1
Wy4The tradition of doing science from the point of view of the theory1
Wy5The tradition of doing science from the point of view of the experiment. 1
Wy6The basic methods of inference – induction.1
Wy7The basic methods of inference – deduction.1
Wy8 The basic methods of inference – abduction.1
Wy9The main objectives and functions of science and technology from the point of view of classical philosophy of science. 1
Wy10The main objectives and functions of science and technology from the point of view of classical philosophy of science. 1
Wy11The main aims and functions of science and technology from the point of view of the sociology of scientific knowledge.1
Wy12The concept of science laboratory.1
Wy13The concept of science laboratory.1
Wy14The problem of social responsibility of science and technology.1
Wy15The problem of social responsibility of science and technology.1
Suma godzin 15
 
TEACHING TOOLS USED
N1 Multimedia presentation.
N2 Lecture
N3 Interactive lecture
 

EVALUATION OF SUBJECT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS ACHIEVEMENT

  Evaluation (F - forming during semester), P - concluding (at semester end) Educational effect number Way of evaluating educational effect achievement
1 PPEK_W01, PEK_W02, PEK_K01Passing test, active participation in lectures
 
 

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LITERATURE

Primary literature:
Primary literature:E. Agazzi, Dobro, zło i nauka. Etyczny wymiar działalności naukowo-technicznej, Warszawa 1997;
Primary literature:S. Blackburn, Oksfordzki słownik filozoficzny, Warszawa 2004;
Primary literature:A. Chalmers, Czym jest to, co zwiemy nauką, Wrocław 1997;
Primary literature:R. M. Chisholm, Teoria poznania,1994;
Primary literature:Ch. Frankfort- Nachmiast, D. Nachmiast, Metody badawcze w naukach społecznych, Poznań 2001;
Primary literature:A. Grobler, Metodologia nauk, Kraków 2004;
Primary literature:M. Heidegger, Budować, mieszkać, myśleć, Warszawa 1977;
Primary literature:T. Kuhn, Dwa bieguny, Warszawa 1985;
Primary literature:B. Latour, Polityka natury, Warszawa 2009;
Primary literature:K.R. Popper, Wiedza obiektywna, Warszawa 1992;
Primary literature:J. Woleński, Epistemologia, Warszawa 2005.
Secondary literature:
Secondary literature:D. Sobczyńska, P. Zeidler, Nowy eksperymentalizm. Teoretycyzm. Reprezentacja, Poznań 1994,
Secondary literature:P. Zeidler, Spór o status poznawczy teorii, Poznań 1992.
 

Subject supervisor

Name and surname: Marek Sikora
E-mail: m.sikora@pwr.wroc.pl
 

Matrix of correlation between educational effects

Nr Subject educational effect Correlation between subject educational effect and educational effects defined for main field of study and specialization (if applicable)** Subject objectives*** Programme content*** Teaching tool number***
1PEK_W01 K2IS_ W03 C1, C2 Lec1-Lec9N1, N2
2PEK_W02 K2IS_ W03 C1, C2Lec1, Lec10-Lec15N1, N2, N3
3PEK_K01 K2IS_ K02C3Lec1-Lec15