9 ECTS credits
270 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023885FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Educational team
Bart Van Kerkhove (course titular)
Joachim Frans
Yacin Hamami
Activities and contact hours
90 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
300 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The lecturers’ expertise allows students to conduct research into philosophical questions regarding various aspects of mathematical practice (including (visual) evidence, the role of diagrams, explanation, aesthetic aspects and argumentation). Philosophical questions on explanation and causality in physics and genetics can also be chosen as research topics.

Additional info

This course is one of the eighteen research seminars that constitute the core of the master programme. Depending on initial qualifications, students enrol for three or five such research seminars.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Within the domain of the philosophy of mathematics and natural sciences:

- Ability to formulate original and innovative research problems based on the duly founded insight into the internationally recognised state-of-the-art in that domain.

- Ability to work out original solutions to the selected research problems, and argue for them clearly and convincingly.

- Ability to deepen one’s knowledge of this domain independently.

- Ability to report on research orally in a clearly-understood manner.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Exam Other with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam other

Additional info regarding evaluation

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Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Research Master of Philosophy: Standaard traject
Research Master of Philosophy: Verkort traject