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Philosopy of Science and the Concept of Health

Karolinska Institutet
Neurometaphysics
About this course

The course aim is that the doctoral student develops a theory of science approach by enabling the doctoral student to understand, employ, reflect upon and critically assess concepts and ideas of theories of science as well as their implications for in particular medical scientific practice. A further aim is to enable the doctoral student to understand, reflect upon and critically assess views on and implications of definitions of health and disease.

The course is given online. The teaching and learning activities used are web lectures, written examination, individual writing exercises, an individual written assignment, and reading of course literature and other distributed materials.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the doctoral student should be able to:

  1. understand central concepts and problems of the theory of science, in particular those of relevance for the medical sciences
  2. identify, analyse and critically assess scientific problems, approaches and arguments from a theory of science perspective, in particular in the field of medical sciences
Prerequisites for participation

No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course. 

Necessary language skill
English
Semester(s) in which the module takes place
Autumn 2024
Course level
Doctoral
Course start date
14 Oct 2024
Course end date
25 Oct 2024
Apply between
Application start date
15 Apr 2024
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Application end date
14 Oct 2024
Teaching mode
Online
Workload in ECTS
1.5
Graded
Yes
Person in charge of module
Annelie Jonsson
Email address
annelie.jonsson@ki.se
Local module ID
C7F3073
Documents
Course Syllabus (211.42 KB)