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230182 VO Philosophy of Science (2017W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Moodle

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 17.10. 15:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
  • Wednesday 18.10. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
  • Tuesday 14.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
  • Wednesday 15.11. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
  • Monday 27.11. 15:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
  • Tuesday 28.11. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
  • Thursday 25.01. 15:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Objectives
The students
will be able to discuss the social significance of science and its boundaries and reflect the relationship between science and society
are aware of the central concepts of philosophy of science and their relevance for their own scientific practice
know the positions of philosophy of science relevant to nursing science and are able to argue their importance for the knowledge acquisition and the type of research with regard to nursing science

Course Description
In philosophy of science the focus is on the origin, the justification and the validity of scientific knowledge. Thinking about science in general is the basis for scientific action in particular. The findings of scientific theory provide a framework for distinguishing rationally justifiable knowledge and opinion, belief and "alternative facts". Through the presentation of methodological principles and methodological criteria of scientific action, a scientific position is established which regulates the organization of science and determines its boundaries. In recent decades, nursing science has established itself in the canon of the scientific disciplines. The great challenge for the positioning of the nursing science is the fact that it does not fit into the traditional systems of the scientific disciplines, but, on the basis of the subject of care, generates its findings on the basis of a scientific / analytical as well as a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. The lecture presents and discusses general topics of philosophy of science related to the challenges of nursing science.

Themes of the Course
Science and other forms of knowledge
Tasks of philosophy of science and social significance of science in the context of time
Origin, justification and validity of knowledge: scientific theories and concepts
Science development and progress
Practices of knowledge production and their relevance to nursing science

Method
The course is designed as a lecture. The teaching content is presented by the lecturer.

Assessment and permitted materials

The course assessment takes place by a written examination. A questionnaire of possible examination questions will be provided. No tools are allowed. A part of the lecture on 28.11.2017 is devoted to the preparation of the examination.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The grades for the written examination are composed as follows:
Maximum of 60 points, minimum requirement of 31 points
60–54 Points = Very good (1)
53 46 Points = good (2)
45 38 points = satisfactory (3)
37 31 points = sufficient (4)
30 and less = insufficient (5)

Examination topics

The examination consists of two parts:

- 5 questions (maximum 20 points) on the central contents of all main topics of the lecture. A question catalog will be made available at the end of the semester on the learning platform Moodle

- 5 questions (maximum of 40 points) of science of philosophy on topic of nursing research using selected texts. The issues of the texts refers to the central contents of the course. The texts will be made available at the end of the semester on the learning platform Moodle.

Reading list

Introduction literature
Schülein, J.A., Reitze, S. (2012): Wissenschaftstheorie für Einsteiger. 3. Auflage. Facultas wuv UTB: Wien
Poser, H. (2001): Wissenschaftstheorie. Eine philosophische Einführung. Reclam: Stuttgart
Schrems, B. (2009): Wissensproduktion in der Pflege. In: Mayer, H. (Hg.), Pflegewissenschaft - von der Ausnahme zur Normalität. Ein Beitrag zur inhaltlichen und methodischen Standortbestimmung. Wien: Facultas, 47-71.

Deepening literature
Dahnke, M.D., Dreher, H.M. (2016). Philosophy of Science for Nursing Practice. Concepts and Application. 2nd ed. Springer Publishing Company: New York
Kirkevold, M. (2002): Pflegewissenschaft als Praxisdisziplin. Verlag Hans Huber: Bern, Göttingen, Toronto, Seattle.
Polifroni, C. E., Welch, M. (1999): Perspectives on Philosophy of Science in Nursing. Philadelphia: Lippincott.

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