716013 Fundamentals of Philosophy of Science in Geography

summer semester 2019 | Last update: 15.11.2019 Place course on memo list
716013
Fundamentals of Philosophy of Science in Geography
VO 1
2
weekly
annually
German

Students will learn:

  • central concepts like theory, hypothesis etc.
  • to understand geographical research processes
  • to differentiate epistemological positions
  • to unterstand different types of logical reasoning
  • to understand how paradigms work
  • to refelct ethical aspects of geographical research
  • to understand multi-, inter- and transdiciplinary research processes

This course focusses on the epistemological, paradigmatical, logical and methodological foundations of modern geography.

Lecture, assessment is based on a single examination at the end of the course.

written examination

  • Egner, H. (2010): Theoretische Geographie. Hemsbach, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  • Borsdorf, A. (2007): Geographisch denken und wissenschaftlich arbeiten. 2. Aufl., München, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
see dates
Group 0
Date Time Location
Thu 2019-03-07
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Thu 2019-03-14
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Thu 2019-03-21
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Thu 2019-03-28
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Thu 2019-04-04
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Thu 2019-04-11
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Thu 2019-05-02
12.00 - 13.30 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Mon 2019-05-06
19.00 - 20.00 Hörsaal 7 Hörsaal 7 Barrier-free Klausur
Mon 2019-06-17
19.00 - 20.00 Hörsaal 7 Hörsaal 7 Barrier-free Klausur
Mon 2019-10-07
19.00 - 20.00 Hörsaal 7 Hörsaal 7 Barrier-free Klausur
Mon 2020-01-13
19.00 - 20.00 Hörsaal 7 Hörsaal 7 Barrier-free Klausur