INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Course Information
TitleΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ / INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CodeΕΠΜ67
FacultyEducation
SchoolPrimary Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorNikolaos Lamprinos
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600024154

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dīmotikīs Ekpaídeusīs Merikīs Foítīsīs (2026-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses425

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dīmotikīs Ekpaídeusīs (2024-sīmera)

Registered students: 3
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses425
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600292983
EPIChallenges
  • Sustainable Transformation
  • European Values
Type Of Offer
  • Disciplinary Course
  • Transversal Skills Course
  • Citizen Science Competence Programmes
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of this course students will be able to: - think in a critical and comparative way - understand some basic philosophical, scientific and cognitive - theoretical concepts, principles and methods - understand the stages in the evolution of science and technology in Europe - engage critical thinking towards the evolution of science and technology - understand the unifying role of philosophy of science and technology.
General Competences
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Some selected topics about philosophical thought, cognition, science and technology: a) in anticquity (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Stoics, Archimedes) b) from the 17th to the 19th century (rationalism, empiricism, rapid evolution of science, classical physics and mechanistic worldview) c) in modern years (positivism, rational positivism, modern physics, scientific realism as well as scienticism, and technoctatic worldview, unifying role of philosophy of science and technology).
Keywords
philosophy of science, science, technology
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Powerpoint presentations and communication via email.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures90✓
Reading Assigment20✓✓
Written assigments30✓✓
Exams10✓
Total150
Student Assessment
Description
written exams
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1) Παναγιώτης Τζαμαλίκος, "Εισαγωγή στην Φιλοσοφία της Τεχνολογίας", Εκδ. Πουρναράς, Θεσσαλονίκη 1997. 2)Δήμητρα Σφενδόνη-Μέντζου (Επιμ.και Εισ.), "Φιλοσοφία των Επιστημών", Εκδ. Ζήτη, Θεσσαλονίκη 2008.
Last Update
03-04-2024