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T. Rex: Popularizing Science
T. Rex. Zur Popularisierung von Wissenschaft
In recent years the "classical" border between natural sciences and humanities has often be denied or put into question. What kind of scientific popularization do exist? What are they about and under what historical conditions do they occur? What was supposed to distingish nature and culture? And how do the humanties react on new scientific results?
Aristotle´s Lecture on Physics
Die Physikvorlesung des Aristoteles
Aristotle´s lecture on physics is a theorie of movement. But his concept of movement or change (kinesis) is much more general than the modern one, that applies only to changes of place by bodies. This as far reaching consequences. Aristotle´s physics can therefore be interpreted as a general theory of natural processes.
Certainty and Doubt in Science and Philosophy
Gewissheit und Zweifel in Wissenschaft und Philosophie
Modern science is a sceptical enterprise. Experiments and peer review are practices that test claims for knowledge. Certainty is a rather alien goal for enlightened science. Some of these practices have roots in philosophy. But in Philosophy the existential relevance of doubt is seen in new light in the last 10 years or so.
Colloquium Introduction into the philosophy of nature
Kolloquium Einführung in die Naturphilosophie: Gesetzmässigkeit, Zufall, Freiheit?
the lecture will give an overview over some systems of philosophy aof nature since there is an experimental mnatural science. We will look at fundamental terms of these systems like "law", "chance", "cause", space" and "time" and consider the conceptual constellations , in which they appear as possible obejcts of a philosophy of nature in our time.
Colloquium Postgraduate programme "History of Knowledge"
Kolloquium Graduiertenkolleg "Geschichte des Wissens"
The colloquium is an essential part of the postgraduate programme "history of knowledge" dealing with the history of modern knowledge systems in a broad sense. In the analysis of the various systems of knowledge the programme seeks to combine approaches from the fields of Philosophy, History of Science and Technology as well as Social, Economic and Cultural History.
Criticism of anthropocentrism
Kritik des Anthropozentrismus
Anthropocentrism views humans as occupying a special position in the world. Since Pico della Mirandola's text "On the Dignity of Man," it has been an important topic of philosophy. Today, in ecological ethics, the question arises to what extent Christian anthropocentrism is responsible for contemporary environmental crises. Historical and and systematic aspects will be examined through texts.
Dialectics
Dialektik
Introduction to dialectics in European philosophy from the Platonic dialogues, ancient skepticism, to the Kantian antinomies and Hegelian philosophy to Adorno's negative dialectics.
Dual- Aspect Monism in Philosophy and Science
Monistische Doppelaspekttheorien in Philosophie und Wissenschaft
We will study theories of dual-aspect monism in philosophy and the sceinces. We will read texts by Spinoza, Schelling, Jung, Wheeler, Eddington, Bohm and others.
Introduction to Philosophy: Prophets, Judges, Fools, and Healers
Einführung in die Philosophie: Propheten, Richter, Narren, Ärzte
This lecture gives an overview of forms of philosophizing for students of the natural sciences and engineering. It is at the same time an introduction to philosophy for beginners of this subjects.
Errors, Deception, Lies and Similar Phenomenons
Irrtümer, Täuschungen, Lügen und verwandte Phänomene
Errors, deceptions and lies are phenomena, which are part of science, its application and interpretation. This lecture-course of the lecturers of Knowledge-section of DGESS discusses these phenomena in different scientific disciplines, and different times and in different political contexts.
In this course, doctoral students are sensibilized to ethical issues in the sciences. After a general introduction to ethics as well as to ethics in the sciences, selected topics of scientific integrity will be dealt with in an exemplary way. Thirdly, discipline-specific problems of ethics are addressed in group work.
Das Seminar wird ausgehend von Nietzsche und Foucault in verschiedene Spielarten der historischen Erklärung einführen.
From the Hierarchical World to Homogeneous Nature: An Introduction to the History of Cosmology
Von der hierarchischen Welt zur homogenen Natur: Einführung in die Geschichte der Kosmologie
This lecture gives an overview of the cosmological systems from antiquity to the 20th century. Special attention will be given to the process of naturalisation of hiearchical world models in the 17th century.
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History of Technology Criticism
Geschichte der Technikkritik
The course aims to confront prominent examples of technological change in the 19th and 20th century with pertinent positions of technology criticism and test them for absolute terms and variances.
This joint colloquium of the Knowledge Section faculty consist of guest lectures by invited scholars on diverse current research topics in the history, philosophy, literature, and social studies of science and technology.
This joint colloquium of the Knowledge Section faculty consist of guest lectures by invited scholars on diverse current research topics in the history, philosophy, literature, and social studies of science and technology.
Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics
Einführung in die Philosophie der Mathematik
The seminar aims at giving an overview of positions within the philosophy of mathematics such as intuitionism and structuralism.For this purpose, seminal texts by Quine, Dummett, Field and others will be read.
Introduction into the philosophy of biology
Einführung in die Philosophie der Biologie
"Information" is a term in different fields of biology, like genetics, neurobiology and immunology. In this course we will look at the different uses of the concept of information and ask if they have meaning as the ones in semantics, information-technology or thermodynamics.
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