Philosophy, Science and the Question of Reality: New Year Courses

This course explores the concepts of philosophy, science, and reality by analysing some of the most important philosophical and scientific texts in history. Students will develop adequate critical and analytical skills by focusing on the essence and tasks of philosophy and science, and the possible dialogue between the two. Furthermore, students will learn to orient themselves in thinking by addressing the following questions: What does it mean to think? What does the job of the scientist entail? Students will explore these and other questions by focusing on philosophers and scientists such as Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Martin Heidegger, Thomas Kuhn, Bruno Latour, Karen Barad, Stephen Hawking, and Slavoj Žižek.