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1 Discipline - History and Philosophy of Science
2 Degree program in - Construction
3 Profile - Civil Engineering
4 Qualification (degree) - Master
5 Mode of study - Full-time
6 Overall workload (ECTS) - 3
7 Semester - 1st 
8 Module type - Compulsory
9 Summative assessment - Exam
10 Aims
The discipline aims to introduce students to history and philosophy of science, which concern the distinctive traits of science: testability, objectivity, scientific explanation, and the nature of scientific theories. The discipline integrates philosophical, historical and sociological approaches to the study of science. It provides students with an insight into scientific methods and objectives.

11 Competences to be developed:

Generic:
- ability to conduct independent research
- ability to collect, analyze, organize, review and interpret data needed to solve professional problems.
Specific:
- analytical skills in evaluating scientific (and non-scientific) knowledge;
- ability to assess historical development of science in its interaction with philosophy, religion and society.

12 Learning outcomes  

Upon successful completion of the discipline students will be able to:

- name basic concepts, categories, features and factors of science development;
- distinguish structural components of science;
- formulate main historical stages of science development;
- classify main approaches of philosophy of science;
- define key characteristics of natural and social sciences;
- analyze main problems of contemporary science;
- analyze and describe social and political determinants of science;
- analyze and describe main ethical problems of science;
- analyze the role of science and technology in transformation of human condition

13 Bibliography

1. Beyerstein B.L. Distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Victoria, BC: The Center for Curriculum and Professional Development, 1995. http://www.sld.cu/galerias/pdf/sitios/revsalud/beyerstein_cience_vs_pseudoscience.pdf
2. Cohen E., Lloyd S. Disciplinary evolution and the rise of the transdiscipline. Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline. 2014, №17, p. 189-215. http://www.inform.nu/Articles/Vol17/ISJv17p189-215Cohen0702.pdf
3. History and philosophy of science: common problems: textbook for masters, graduate students and applicants / aut.-comp.: E. Nikolaeva, N. Khazieva. – Kazan: Publishing House of the Kazan University, 2017. – 224 p. https://kpfu.ru/staff_files/F812164186/HISTORY_AND_PHILOSOPHY_OF_SCIENCE_COMMON_PROBLEMS.pdf
4. Kuhn T. S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1962. https://projektintegracija.pravo.hr/_download/repository/Kuhn_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions.pd...
5. Mechanisms in Science. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/science-mechanisms/
6. Philosophy of Technology. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/
7. Popper K. R. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. London: Hutchison, 1959. http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/popper-logic-scientific-discovery.pdf
8. Rosenberg A. Philosophy of science. A contemporary introduction. Second edition. Routledge, N.Y. 2005. https://is.muni.cz/www/75243/041534316X.pdf
9. Scientific Objectivity. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-objectivity/
10. Scientific Revolutions. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-revolutions/
11. The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science. Ed. by P. Machamer and M. Silberstein. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
http://pages.wustl.edu/files/pages/imce/cfcraver/struct_scientif_theories_0.pdf
12. Vallero D.A. Biomedical Ethics for Engineers: Ethics and Decision Making in Biomedical and Biosystem Engineering. Amsderdam: Academic Press, 2007.

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