- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
(in Polish) Philosophy and Social Sciences 3501-PSS19-S-OG
The course is devoted to philosophical reading and discussion of classical (and some less canonical) texts in anthropology, history and sociology which have strongly influenced philosophy or carry a considerable philosophical content on their own. We will also try to address the question about the present relations binding philosophy and social sciences.
Social sciences, as all other sciences, have constituted their own realm by separating form philosophy and orienting their research towards the empirical world. Yet philosophical questions continuously re-emerge within this research. Even if the vast majority of contemporary social science humbly recognises its own cognitive limits and predominantly descriptive character it still encounters problems of purely theoretical or paradigmatic nature. We will examine, from philosophical perspective, some fundamental terms and notions organising social scientific research and knowledge such as society, community, agent and actor, event, long lasting, public and private, individuality, class, autonomy, power and legitimacy, capital and social bond, modernisation and historicity. Our research will favour multidisciplinary approach.
This year we will give prominance to the question of delegitimation of authority as well as gender relations.
Type of course
general courses
Mode
Learning outcomes
Student:
- knows and understands the formative process of social sciences, recognises major founding works of ss and uderstands their significance
- understands both „negative” and „positive” relations between social science and philosophy today
- correctly identifies the main cuurents and stakes of philosophical debate over social science
- is capable of developping his/her own interpretations of the latter.
- undersatnds political use and abuse of social science
- is capable of reflexive engagement in public affairs
Assessment criteria
referaty, refleksyjna aktywność, studentka lub student, którzy chcą poprawić ocenę, mogą, po konsultacji z prowadzącym napisać pracę roczną w rozmiarach nieprzekraczjących 1500 słów
Bibliography
Some recommended secondary litterature
K. Marx, Capital vol.1
M. Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
M. Mauss, The Gift
S. de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
F. Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
P. Veyne, Writing History: Essay on Epistemology
A. Desrosieres, The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning
P. Bourdieu, Pascalian Meditations, The Political Ontology of Martin Heidegger
M. Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics
J. Baudrillard, Simulation and simulacra
L.Boltanski, E.Chiapello, The New Spirit of Capitalism
J. Butler, Gender Trouble
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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