Unit name | History of Science |
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Unit code | PHILM0007 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Tho |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one | |
School/department | Department of Philosophy |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces students to the discipline of the history of science by exploring contemporary debates surrounding the epistemological status of historical disciplines, the proper object of historiography and new
methodologies in the field. In recent years, new research in the history of the philosophy of science as well as expanded fields in science and technology studies has led to a renewed look at what it means to do the history of science and how historical claims should be philosophically understood. This unit provides the opportunity for masters (and advanced students) to examine contemporary work surrounding new methods (sociological, cultural, experimental, data-driven) in the history of science and revisit the debates between historicism-realism, externalism-internalism, continuist-discontinuist, and others. Alongside philosophical evaluations of the claims of historians of science, a number of test cases, drawn from the 17th and 18th century, will be examined.
On successful completion of this unit, students should:
Lectures, small group work, individual exercises, seminars and virtual learning environment.
All assessment is summative: Digital collaborative presentation (20%) designed to testr ILOs 1-5 + One essay of 5,000 words (80%) designed to test ILOs 1-4
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.