11 February HS
overview
of module
18 February HS
history
of science:
how is the history of science connected to the history of philosophy,
economics, politics, culture in the modern period?
25 February HS
philosophy of science 1: why the trajectory from positivism to neo-positivism to post-positivism?
4 March HS
philosophy
of science 2 marxism:
what do
its politics & economics have to do with epistemology & science?
11 March HS
sociology
of knowledge:
how does it apply to science?
science wars: who are the
combatants &
why the combat?
18 March
HS
knowledge & power: how have class, race & gender
impacted on the history of knowledge?
25 March
reading week
1 April HS &
DO'M
8 April DO'M
ethics
of science: how
to decide
what is right and wrong in science? can ethical theories help to
determine what is right and wrong in stem cell research?
15 April DO'M
health research funding: what are the ethical issues in deciding whether to fund treatments for TB or ED or diagnostics for HIV or LDL?
big pharma's impact on
scientific research: providing evidence for practice or
distorting data for profit?
29 April DO’M
nanoethics: what are the ethical issues with using nanotechnology to cure diseases, extend life indefinitely & direct human evolution?
6 May
diaries due