Esisar rubrique Formation 2022

Epistemology - 4AMEP401

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 4.5
    • Projects -
    • Tutorials -
    • Internship -
    • Laboratory works -
    • Written tests -

    ECTS

    ECTS 0.0

Goal(s)

  • to complement the training of engineering students with general knowledge on the history of science, epistemology and the interactions between science, technology and society
  • to provide some understanding of the dynamic nature of scientific thought and the science/society dialectic
  • to develop students' capacity for debate, preparing them to participate in public debate both as citizens and as future experts in the implementation of certain technologies

Responsible(s)

Laurent LEFEVRE, Laurent GUILLOTON

Content(s)

  • Technology and civilisation: the main steps
  • Technology and civilisation: differential analysis
  • A different subject chosen every year, e.g.:
    • Mathematics: discovery or invention?
    • Darwin, the evolution of species
    • Space, time, matter, energy, cosmology and the question of the origin
    • The digital revolution and artificial intelligence: impacts, limits, dangers
    • How to conduct a citizen debate in relation to scientific knowledge

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Prerequisites

Any general BSc training in science

Test

No evaluation

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

see the course schedule for 2022-2023

Additional Information

Course ID : 4AMEP401
Course language(s): FR

The course is attached to the following structures:

  • Team

You can find this course among all other courses.

Bibliography

  • Technology and society : a world history, Andrew Ede, Cambridge University Press, 2019
  • The rise of modern science explained: a comparative history, H. Floris Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 2015
  • Du mode d’existence des objets techniques, Gilbert Simondon, Aubier, 2012
  • Techniques, technologie et civilisation, Marcel Mauss, Presses Universitaires de France, 2012
  • The path to sustained growth, E.A. Wrigley, Cambridge University Press, 2016
  • Histoire des techniques : de l’outil à la machine, Jean Baudet, Vuibert 2004
  • Histoire des techniques : de l’outil au système, Jean Baudet, Vuibert 2016
  • La technique ou l’enjeu du siècle, Jacques Ellul, Economica, 2008