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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS.
Contact: Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- become familiar with the major philosophical theories of rationality
- become familiar with the psychological, sociological and biological evidence regarding human rationality and irrationality;
- develop a better understanding of the relationships between the philosophical, biological, and psychological positions;
- be able to apply these positions to some issues in the history and philosophy of science.
Content:
Being a rational person has two elements: a standard for good reasoning and the capacity to know and act on that standard. This subject investigates the philosophical issues involved in establishing such a standard and the biological and psychological issues involved in human beings recognising and acting on that standard.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
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2. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Science (v4, p196) : Next:136-206 | Prev:136-202
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr N Thomason
Contact: Up to 3 hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- become familiar with the major philosophical theories of rationality;
- become familiar with the psychological, sociological and biological evidence regarding human rationality and irrationality;
- be able to apply these positions to some issues in the history and philosophy of science.
Content:
Being a rational person has two elements: a standard for good reasoning and the capacity to know and act on that standard. This course investigates the philosophical issues ivolved in establishing such a standard and the biological and psychological issues involved in human beings recognizing and acting on that standard.
Assessment:
Written work of totalling 5,000 words.
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, CONTENT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Arts.
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