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Course 2024-2025

History of science [SSPSB202]

  • 2 credits
  • 22.5h
  • 2nd quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Objectives

To invite the student to be aware about the complex and multifactorial dynamics of the historical evolution of the sciences.

Content

The class will be organized in three different phases:

- Lectures about a paradigmatic historical case of a scientific revolution, namely the Copernician revolution;

- Lectures devoted to draw general conclusions from this case about the dynamics of theory sucession in science, in particular during revolutionary phases;

- The writing of a personnal paper on the occasion of which the student will transfer the content of these lectures to a scientific revolution of his/her choice.


Teaching methods

The lectures will be ex cathedra. Assistance will be provided to write the personal report.

Evaluations

Oral exam during which the student will be tested on the content of the lectures as well as on the content of his/her written report (to be sent to the teacher before the exam session).

Recommended readings

Kuhn, T. (2016 [1957]). La révolution copernicienne. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.

Kuhn, T. (1983 [1962]). La structure des révolutions scientifiques. Paris: Flammarion.

Gingras, Y. (2021). Histoire des sciences. Paris: Presses universitaires de France.

 

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree