Michael Hampe: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021 |  |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Michael Hampe |
| Field | Philosophie |
| Address | Professur für Philosophie ETH Zürich, CLW C 2 Clausiusstrasse 49 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 30 40 |
| Fax | +41 44 632 15 61 |
| hampe@phil.gess.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0166-00L | Certainty and Doubt in Science and Philosophy | 3 credits | 2V | M. Hampe | |
| Abstract | Modern science is a sceptical enterprise. Experiments and peer review are practices that test claims for knowledge. Certainty is a rather alien goal for enlightened science. Some of these practices have roots in philosophy. But in Philosophy the existential relevance of doubt is seen in new light in the last 10 years or so. | ||||
| Learning objective | Get an overveiw about sceptical practices and practices to produce truths in science and philosophy. Learn about the relevance of claims for knowledge and certainty for individual and collective life. | ||||
| Content | Modern science is a sceptical enterprise. Experiments and peer review are practices that test claims for knowledge. Some of these practices have roots in philosophy. But in Philosophy the existential relevance of doubt is seen in new light in the last 10 years or so. | ||||
| 851-0167-00L | Ways of Worldmaking  | 3 credits | 2S | M. Hampe | |
| Abstract | We study Nelson Goodman´s "Ways of Worldmaking" from 1978 and glance at other works relevant for his project like Wittgenstein´s "Tractatus" and Carnaps "Logischer Aufbau der Welt". | ||||
| Learning objective | Understanding modern rational perspectivism. | ||||
| Content | We study Nelson Goodman´s "Ways of Worldmaking" from 1978 and glance at other works relevant for his project like Wittgenstein´s "Tractatus" and Carnaps "Logischer Aufbau der Welt”. In the books by Goodman and Wittgenstein the relation between the natural sciences, philosophy and art is discussed. Goodman claims that both the sciences and the arts have the power to make worlds. We will try to find out, how plausible this suggestion is. | ||||
| 862-0004-12L | Research Colloquium Philosophy for Master Students and PhD (FS 2021) For MAGPW and PhD students of D-GESS only. Personal registration required to Prof. Wingert. | 2 credits | 1K | L. Wingert, M. Hampe, R. Wagner | |
| Abstract | Ph.D. students, post docs, members of staff, and senior colleagues from other philosophy departments will report on their work in progress. Furthermore, promissing new philosophical articles and parts of new philosophical books will be studied. | ||||
| Learning objective | Ideas and arguments dealing with systematic problems especially in epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of mind will be scrutinized and elaborated. | ||||