Information Package / Course Catalogue
History and Philosophy of Science
Course Code: EPÖ562
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to know the concepts of science history and science philosophy, to comprehend the relationship between science and philosophy, to examine historical development of science history and science philosophy critically and to develop a perspective on these disciplines.

Course Content

The history of science and philosophy of science concepts, the relationship between science and philosophy, Science and Philosophy at the Ancient Greek Age, Medieval Europe and Scholastic Philosophy, Science and Philosophy in the Islamic Cultural Geography, Science and Philosophy in Renaissance Europe, Philosophy of Science in Enlightenment and Positivism, the new mathematical way of knowing, the transformations that the new cosmology and physics cause in science and philosophy, the contemporary concepts of science and philosophy

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