The History of Sciences and Ideas (OPEN UNI)

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to describe the main developments of scientific thinking from the antiquity to the present. Students will understand the breakthroughs of scientific thinking and their significance to world views. Students will be able to locate the social requirements of sciences, the changes of the relationship between humanity and nature, and the definition of scientific rationality. Students will also be able to illustrate the developments of the ideas rationalising society, government, politics, and social movements from the antiquity to the present.

Lectures and independent study of the course material; or book exam

Lectures and lecture material handed out OR book exam: Petri Koikkalainen & Paul-Erik Korvela, Klassiset poliittiset ajattelijat (2022) AND Andrew Ede & Lesley B. Cormack, A History of Science in Society. From Philosophy to Utility (2012).

Lectures and lecture material handed out OR book exam.

Lectures will take place in Finnish.