Philosophy and History of Science and Technology

This is a lesson that deals with the history of Science and Technology with parallel reference to philosophical ideas and an emphasis on modernity . In the framework of the course, there will be a presentation of the following subjects: theoretical, practical knowledge and knowledge through familiarization, the sources of knowledge, error and sκepticism, technology, the technological factor in spiritual culture's autonomy, Commitment Feedback Cycle, the circulation of scientific ideas and discoveries, the language and the social construction of reality, ethics and value Issues, the political importance of journalistic ethics, Social Constructionism, the problem of construction in social sciences today, science, reasoning, etc.

Objectives

Familiarization of students with the general principles of the lesson.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for the course .

Syllabus

History of scientific and philosophical ideas from antiquity to the 17th century. Myth , Philosophy and Science . Pre-Socratic , Plato , Aristotle . Hellenistic Times . The physics of Aristotle and the Middle Ages as Galileo and Newton. Unity terrestrial and celestial physics. Astronomy by Eudoxus and Ptolemy to Copernicus and Kepler . The interaction of Physics and Astronomy .