Roy Wagner: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2019 |
| Name | Herr Prof. Dr. Roy Wagner |
| Lehrgebiet | Geschichte und Philosophie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften |
| Adresse | Geschichte u. Philo. d. Math.Wiss. ETH Zürich, RZ J 6 Clausiusstrasse 59 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 632 84 34 |
| roy.wagner@gess.ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://hpm.ethz.ch/people/person-detail.MjI4ODY5.TGlzdC8yNDY4LC0yNDgyNTI2NTg=.html |
| Departement | Geistes-, Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften |
| Beziehung | Ordentlicher Professor |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0125-79L | Bruno Latour's Modes of Existence: A Philosophical Approach to Science and Society  Number of participants limited to 30 | 3 KP | 2S | R. Wagner | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Bruno Latour's "an inquiry into modes of existence" is an ambitious book that offer a philosophical-scoiological approach to questions of science, technology, politics and economy. In this seminar, we will read some chapters of this book, and reflect on them critically. | ||||
| Lernziel | Students will be able to analyze various aspects of science, technology, politics and economy based on Latour's approach, and engage critically with his arguments and conceptions. Work load: reading 25-30 pages per week; weekly mini-assignments (brief feedback about the weekly reading); one 15 min. presentation during the semester; and a 2,000 words final essay. Requirements: there are no formal requirements, but the course will assume that students have some experience in reading philosophical or sociological texts. | ||||
| 851-0125-80L | Editing a Historical Scientific Manuscript (Personal Project Pilot Course) Number of participants limited to 10. This course is based on personal project supervision | 3 KP | 2S | R. Wagner | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | this pilot course will be based on supervised individual work by students. Each student will select a manuscript source (modern nachlass or historical manuscript) by a scientist in a language of their choosing and prepare an edition and translation of the source. The work will be personally supervised by the teacher. | ||||
| Lernziel | Students will have basic skills in historical editing work, and acquire knowledge about one science-history case study. Work load: - Class participation: 2-3 class meetings during the semester (this is flexible, so you may register even if the scheduled time is problematic for you). - Selection of source: each student will select one scientific source - modern nachlass or early modern or medieval manuscript, which has never been edited. There are no restrictions on language of origin (students are encouraged to work on manuscripts in their native languages) - Bibliography: each student will prepare her/his own bibliography to provide historical background for the selected source (150-200 pages). - Each student will prepare a "diplomatic edition" and a translation of a selection from the manuscript (ca. 15 pages). - Each student will prepare a 2,000 words commentary on the background and content of the manuscript. - The work will be personally supervised by the teacher, and will be performed during the semester according to a fixed schedule. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | only 2-3 class meetings during the semester | ||||
| 862-0004-08L | Forschungskolloquium Philosophie für Masterstudierende und Doktorierende (FS 2019) Nur für MAGPW Studierende und D-GESS Doktorierende. Persönliche Anmeldung bei Prof. Wingert. | 2 KP | 1K | L. Wingert, M. Hampe, R. Wagner | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Es werden laufende Forschungsarbeiten von Doktoranden, Habilitanden und von Kollegen vorgestellt und diskutiert. Darüber hinaus werden vielversprechende philosophische Neuerscheinungen (Aufsätze und Auszüge aus Monographien) studiert werden. | ||||
| Lernziel | Es sollen Ideen und Argumente zu systematischen Problemen insbesondere in der Erkenntnistheorie, in der Ethik, in der politischen Philosophie und in der Philosophie des Geistes geprüft und weiter entwickelt werden. | ||||