• ECTS

    2 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

This course, mandatory for all L1 students, will present the basics of epistemology and the scientific process as well as the tools necessary to analyze controversies surrounding the sciences and the modalities presented as alternatives. It will address the scientific investigation of so-called paranormal phenomena, pseudoscience, pseudo-medicine, psychological aberrations, sectarian alienation, etc. in order to make students aware of our cognitive biases and the rhetorical manipulations that can be used to convince or deceive. The ultimate goal of this course is to ensure that everyone can make informed choices, know how to research and sort information, and be able to protect themselves from techniques of influence and manipulation.

This course will be based on lectures and the viewing of various resources available on the internet. You will be required to complete a course of study on Moodle and in class, which will then be evaluated by an MCQ.

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Objectives

- To know the process of knowledge construction in different disciplines (hypotheses, experimental results, polemical results, mathematical theorems, scientific facts, theories, paradigms)

- Know the basics of the history of science and epistemology

- Be able to develop a logical argument with a critical mind (limits, confrontation with the biblio, defense of a point of view)

- Know how to search for information in a critical manner (especially with regard to information available online), prioritize information sources and identify their reliability

 

 

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Knowledge control

Written (coeff 0.8) and continuous assessment (coeff 0.2)

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Additional information

Hourly volumes* :

            CM : 15

            TD : 0

            TP : 0

            Land : 0

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