[{"Course code":"POG0075","Version":2,"English name":"Ethics and Philosophy of Science","Higher education credits":4.0,"Syllabus":"Planeringsavdelningen","Valid from":"2019H","Syllabus approved":"2019-11-18","Level within study regulation":"Third cycle","Subject":[{"Subject":"Other Social Science"}],"Grading scale":"Pass \/ Failed","Language":"Swedish","Entry requirements":"Admitted as PhD student at SLU.","Objectives":"AIM\n\nThe course aims at introducing central topics in research ethics and philosophy of science, and to allow students to gain insight into the possibilities and limitations of science, its role in society, and humans’ responsibility for how science is used.\n\n\n\nLEARNING OUTCOMES\n\nAfter the course students should demonstrate the ability to:\n\n• List and describe central concepts in theory and philosophy of science\n\n• tentatively apply these ideas to one’s own field of research\n\n• explain and discuss differences and similarities between different fields of inquiry (e.g. social sciences vs. natural sciences)\n\n• explain some possibilities and pitfalls at the intersection of science\/scholarship and societal decision making\n\n• describe and discuss the contents of some codes of professional conduct and their ethical underpinnings \n\n• identify cases of scientific misconduct and suggest strategies for dealing with suspected cases of misconduct","Content":"• Truth and knowledge, data and information\n\n• Core concepts and ideas in philosophy of science: Hypothesis testing, explanation and understanding, causation and correlation, positivism and beyond: falsificationism, hypothetico-deductive method; social constructionism, postmodernism, empiricism vs rationalism and holistic vs atomistic perspectives, reflexivity.\n\n• Science and society: The consequences of research, the function of scientific results in policy, and the role of disciplinary perspective in societal discourse and policy making \n\n• Professionalism, professional ethics and its theoretical underpinnings, professional relations \n\n• Scientific misconduct – fabrication\/falsification, plagiarism, publication ethics\n\n• Professionalism, professional ethics and its theoretical underpinnings \n\n• Scientific misconduct – fabrication\/falsification, plagiarism, publication ethics e t c \n\n• Research involving humans subjects – potential harm, informed consent, confidentiality etc. \n\n• Research involving animals – ethical and legal aspects, relation to research ethics \n\n• Relevant SLU policies and other guidelines","Examination formats":"Active participation in exercises, including preparations. Short written assignments during the course. \r\n- If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.\r\n\r\n- The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.\r\n\r\n- If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.\r\n\r\n- For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.\r\n","Organisation":[{"code":"979","Organisation":"Division of Planning"}],"Other information":"\r\n- The right to participate in teaching and\/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.\r\n\r\n- If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.\r\n"}]