Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Philosophy of Science and Sport Science
Course Code
LSPA_348
Branch of Science
Health sciences
ECTS
2.00
Target Audience
Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 8
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Jānis Žīdens
Structure Unit Manager
Diāna Laipniece
Structural Unit
Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Contacts
LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006
About Study Course
Objective
Aim of the study course To obtain the knowledge on the assumptions, foundations, methods, implications of science, and with the use and merit of science. To develop the ability to consider basic philosophical dilemmas related to science as a form of human activity and its effects.
Preliminary Knowledge
Master's degree in sport or related sciences.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To lay a foundation of philosophy and trace the philosophical roots of science.
Skills
1.To identify some of the ideas and approaches that form the foundations of modern science. Be able to consider philosophical dilemmas of the scientific discipline in which he/she conducts research.
Competences
1.Be ready to notice fundamental dilemmas of conducted research and maintain and develop the ethos of research.
Assessment
Individual work
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Getting to know the literature on the history of science and the philosophy of science, preparing an essay on the philosophical dilemmas of modern science.
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Evaluation of the learning outcomes:
1. group discussion during the seminar;
2. an essay on the philosophical dilemmas of chosen science discipline;
3. test of knowledge.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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The distinction between science and nonscience, scientific realism and instrumentalism, the essence of scientific explanation, analysis and reductionism, grounds of validity of scientific reasoning: empirical verification, induction, Duhem-Quine thesis, theory-dependence of observations, Ockham's razor.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
2.00
Contact hours:
24 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Frigg R. (2022). Models and theories: A Philosopiphical Inquiry (Philosophy and Science), Routledge.
2.
Ladyman J. (2002). Understanding philosophy of science. New York, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
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Losee J. (2001). A historical introduction to the philosophy of science. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Rosenberg A. (2005). Philosophy of science. A contemporary introduction. New York, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
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Russell B. (2022). The Analyses of Matter. Routledge.
Additional Reading
1.
Ryall E. (2019). Introduction to Philosophical Issues in Sport Science. Philosophies. 4(4):57.
2.
Wainaina, P.K., & Mwisukha, A. (2014). Philosophical Dimensions in Sport. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 19, 45-48.
3.
Besnier, N., & Brownell, S. (2012). Sport, Modernity, and the Body. Annual Review of Anthropology, 41, 443-459.