PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes :

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Identify the main philosophers in the topic of Philosophy of Science and their concept to get knowledge; Explain the grouping of philosophers and their concept of knowledge; Apply the thinking logically and critically; Apply to avoid fallacies in thinking and reasoning.

Topics:

1. Introduction;
2. Greek Philosophy (Idealism dan Realisme);
3. Rationalism and empirism;
4. Criticism – Kant;
5. Falsifiability Popper;
6. Positivism Comte;
7. Phenomenology Husserl;
8. Science / paradigm revolution (Kuhn);
9. Hermeneutics (Riceour);
10. Postmodernism;
11. Deductive reasoning;
12. Inductive reasoning;
13. Fallacies.