Monika Wulz: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017

Name	Dr. Monika Wulz
Address	Professur für Wissenschaftsforsch. ETH Zürich, RZ G 2 Clausiusstrasse 59 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telephone	+41 44 632 67 73
E-mail	monika.wulz@gess.ethz.ch
Department	Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
Relationship	Lecturer

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
851-0157-82L	Sciences and Philosophy: The History of a Complicated Relationship Number of participants limited to 40	3 credits	2S	M. Wulz, N. El Kassar
Abstract	The seminar traces the past and present of a complex and multifaceted relationship: the relations and debates between philosophical and scientific research. In the seminar we will examine this relationship from a historical and philosophical perspective.
Learning objective	Does philosophy have its own methods and forms of knowledge production or do philosophical positions only develop in exchange with scientific research and findings? In how far is scientific research influenced by philosophical theories? Or does it rather influence philosophical theories? In the seminar we trace the relationship between philosophy of science and epistemology, on the one hand, and the particular historical forms of scientific research, on the other: from philosophers who conducted scientific research (Aristotle, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz) and scientists who became philosophers (Ernst Mach) to debates and collaborations between philosophers and scientists in the 20th century (e.g. Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson, Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers). We will examine the relationship between philosophy and the natural sciences as an entwined history that includes instances of collective pursuit of knowledge as well as instances of conflict. The seminar is aimed at students of natural sciences as well as students of philosophy and the history of sciences. - sensitivity to questions from epistemology and history of science - ability to reflect and discuss epistemological theories - sensitivity to historical contexts of scientific knowledge and philosophical theories - reading philosophical texts (including texts in English)
862-0050-00L	History and Philosophy of Knowledge: Goals, Methods and Work Technics Only for History and Philosophy of Knowledge MSc. This lecture is important as an Introduction to the Master Programme	2 credits	2G	N. El Kassar, L. Froelicher, N. Guettler, M. Hampe, C. Jany, B. Schär, M. Wulz
Abstract	The lecture series are held by all scientific disciplines involved in the HPK-Master programme and are meant to acquaint the students with the different ambitions, methods and techniques of each discipline. Furthermore, the lectures should serve as a "helpdesk" and "workshop" for all theses written within the M.A. programme.
Learning objective	The interdisciplinary lecture series are exclusively addressed to the students of the HPK-M.A. programme. They provide an insight into all the disciplines which participate in the M.A. programme and their specific demands, approaches, problems and techniques. Subsequent to the lectures, there will be an opportunity to discuss difficulties occurring within the procedures of thesis-writing. The series should provide and secure a substantial, methodological and formal orientation within the disciplines taught in the M.A.-program.
Prerequisites / Notice	Dates: Thursday, 10-12