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Credit points: 16.7 3rd year
Coordinator: Professor Rod Home.
Prerequisite: At least two 200-level HPS subjects.
Contact: A 2-hour discussion class fortnightly.
Timetable: Double semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should develop:
- an understanding of the differences between various approaches to the history of science;
- an understanding of the varying motives which encourage historians to see their subject from different perspectives;
- a familiarity with (and critical appreciation of) leading methodological debates in the discipline.
Content:
A critical survey of the varied attitudes taken by different historians to the writing of the history of science.
Assessment:
Written work not exceeding 5,000 words in total. To be eligible for assessment, students must attend a minimum of 75 per cent of classes.
1. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Arts (v3, p113) : Next:136-342 | Prev:136-340
2. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Science (v4, p198) : Next:136-342 | Prev:136-340
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Professor R Home
Prerequisite: At least two 200-level HPS subjects
Contact: A 2-hour discussion class fortnightly
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should develop:
- an understanding of the differences between various approaches to the history of science;
- an understanding of the varying motives which encourage historians to see their subject from different prespectives;
- a familiarity with (and critical appreciation of) leading methodological debates in the discipline.
Content:
The role of intellectual and social factors in the development of science. The nature of historical explanation. Broad methodological issues in the history of science. Individual projects on themes arising out of one of the 200-level HPS subjects.
Assessment:
Written work not exceeding 6,000 words in total. To be eligible for assessment, students must attend a minimum of 75 per cent of classes.
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2. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Science (v4, p198) : Next:136-342 | Prev:136-340
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
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