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180115 SE Philosophy of Medicine (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work

Hinweis der SPL Philosophie:

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Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will be taught in person.

  • Tuesday 19.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 23.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Saturday 27.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 30.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 07.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 21.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Saturday 25.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 28.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 11.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 18.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock
  • Saturday 22.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3B NIG 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal. 2H NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course works towards a critical understanding of the philosophical issues in philosophy of medicine.

Assessment and permitted materials

Evaluation of the participation in discussions (20% of the overall mark), of the prepared and uploaded questions (20%) as well as the essay (of about 20 pages, Font 12, Times New Roman) (60%)
By registering for this course you agree that the automated plagiarism software Turnitin will check all of your written work for this course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance (not more than once without a doctor's note); punctual attendance; care (in reading the work of other and regarding one's own presentation); argumentative engagement with others' ideas; regular uploading of questions (at least 10 times) -- Independent essay on one of the topics of the course.

The essay should discuss one of the questions raised in the seminar, and it should be based primarily on the literature discussed in class. It could be, e.g., a critique of one of the positions introduxzced, or an attempt to "decide" one of the debates covered in the seminar.

The overall mark consists of three components:

Mark for the essay: 60% i.e. 60 points
Mark for the questions/comments: 20% i.e. 20 points
Mark for participation in classroom discussion: 20% i.e. 20 points

Your need at least 40 points to complete the course.
All components have to be delivered for there to be a final mark.

Scale for the marks:
1: 85-100 points
2: 70-84 points
3: 55-69 points
4: 40-54 points
5: 0-39 points

Examination topics

There is no exam.

Reading list

All the texts are on moodle:

1. Introduction
Marcum, “Philosophy of Medicine”

2. Concepts: Health
Boorse, “Health as a theoretical concept”

3. Concepts: Disease
Cooper, “Disease”

4. Concepts: Death
McMahan, “The metaphysics of brain death”

5. Models and Kinds: Causation and Kinds
Broadbent, “Causation and models of disease in epidemiology”

6. Models and Kinds: Holism and Reductionism
Lloyd, “Reductionism in Medicine: Social Aspects of Health”

7. Models and Kinds: Controversial Diseases, Culture, and Medicalization
Sean Valles, “The challenges of choosing and explaining a phenomenon in epidemiological research on the ‘Hispanic Paradox’”

8. Evidence and Inference: Evidence in Medicine
Goldenberg, Borgerson, & Bluhm, “The Nature of Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine”; Jukola, “Meta-Analysis, Ideals of Objectivity, and the Reliability of Medical Knowledge”

9. Evidence and Inference: Objectivity and the Social Structure of Science
Douglas, “Inductive Risk and Values in Science”

10. Evidence and Inference: Inference
McClimans, “The role of measurement in establishing evidence”

11. Evidence and Inference: Effectiveness, Skepticism, and Alternatives
Borgerson, “Evidence-based alternative medicine?”

12. Values and Policy: Policy
Brown, “Politics, Method, and Medical Research”

13. Values and Policy: Public Health
John, “Why the Prevention Paradox Is a Paradox, and Why We Should Solve It: A Philosophical View”

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Last modified: Mo 11.03.2024 13:46