Logic and Philosophy of Science

3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023422AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Bart Van Kerkhove (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture

Course Content

In the first part of this course (logic), a synthesis is presented of the fast development of formal logic during the previous century. Two basic systems are dealt with in extenso, namely propositional and predicate logic (of first order). In the second part (philosophy of science) a chronological overview is presented of the developments in the 20th century as to the question what can be a scientific method (Carnap, Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend, ...), including a short specific application to psychology.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Logica en Wetenschapsfilosofie, Jean Paul Van Bendegem en Bart Van Kerkhove, (available via Canvas)

Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student can describe and explain the developments in modern logic and in the philosophy of science from the 20th century onwards. The student can demonstrate the relevance of logic to philosophy of science.
The student can handle the basic logical systems in a practical way. The student is able to analyse the problems surrounding the question of what a scientific method may be.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

• Written exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The exam is EXCLUSIVELY written, but 'open-book'. This means that all materials can be used: course text, solved exercises, personal notes, ... In order to consult these materials, the use of specific electronic devices, namely laptops and tablets, is allowed, but only if they remain off line (airplane mode). Smartphones are excluded. Examples of exams can be found in the Zelfstudiecentrum van de Humane Wetenschappen and on Canvas.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)