Description:
This teaching unit provides the vital epistemological framework for ecology and environmental sciences.
Learning Objectives:
Theoretical learning outcomes:
• Acquiring basics in epistemology and the history of science.
• Developing knowledge in ethics (involving ethics in animal experimentation) and deontology in scientific fields.
• Developing knowledge in conservation biology.
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, seminars.
Assessment:
Reports on the content of the sessions, oral and written exams.
Recommended Reading:
- A.F. Chalmers. 1982. What is this thing called science ?. Queensland University Press, Open University Press and Hackett, 2nd revised edition.
Coordinators:
Renaud SCHEIFLER, renaud.scheifler@univ-fcomte.fr
Frank CEZILLY, frank.cezilly@u-bourgogne.fr