Philosophy of Engineering Sciences
- Published: Friday, 28 October 2016 08:27
Programme Summary
Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering
Degree: Master
Course units:
- Subject area of philosophy of science. Basic forms of the science existence.
- Structure and forms of scientific cognition. Empirical and theoretical levels of scientific cognition.
- Engineering sciences as a separate branch of knowledge. Classification of engineering sciences.
- Main periods of scientific development. Development stages of engineering sciences. Technical revolutions.
- Scientism and anti-scientism. Ethical issues of modern science and technology.
- Origin and development of philosophy of technology. Main areas of modern philosophy of technology.
- Relationship between science and technology at different stages of technological evolution. Specifics of engineering.
Course contents:
- This course will give you an idea about multiple forms of human knowledge, the correlation between truth and misconception in human life and the functioning of knowledge in today’s society.
- This course will give you an idea about the values human activity is based on.
- Definition of the basis for proactive attitude, introduction to philosophical issues associated with one’s future professional area;
- Giving an idea about the specifics of philosophy of engineering sciences;
- Introduction to main areas of philosophy of engineering sciences;
- Reinforcing one’s skills of working with both full and abridged philosophical texts;
- Developing one’s skills of critical perception and assessment of information sources, developing one’s ability to logically formulate and defend one’s view on issues and how they can be resolved.
Activities:
- Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
- Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
- Office-hours.
Total hours – 108
Total points – 3
Laboratory classes – 15
Midterm assessment – Examination
