Philosophy of Science, Research Ethics, and Science Ethics

Programme:

Tuesday          Research Ethics, and Science Ethics
09.00-09.45     Research ethics: principles, regulations and examples. Professor II Søren Holm
10.00-10.45     Science ethics: Scientific norms, misconduct, and whistle blowing. Professor Søren Holm
10.45-11.45     Group work
11.45-12.30     Lunch
12.30-13.00     Presentation of group work and discussion
13.00-13.45     Publication ethics: Co-authorship, norms of citation and referencing. Professor II Søren Holm
14.00-14.30     Science Ethics: Introduction to group work. Professor Haakon Breien Benestad.
14.30-15.30     Group work
15.30-16.00     Presentation of group work and discussion

Wednesday    Philosophy of Science
09.00-09.45     What is science? What is it about? What is knowledge? What is truth? Some crumbs from the philosophy of science. Professor II Bjørn Hofmann
10.00-10.45     Forms of rationality in (the natural) sciences: Inference, theory testing, and causation. Professor II Bjørn Hofmann
10.45-11.45     Group work
11.45-12.15     Lunch
12.15-12.45     Presentation of group work and discussion
12.45-13.30     Philosophy of the Social Sciences: on reflexivity, double hermeneutics, reductionism, emergence, generalization. Professor II Søren Holm
13.45-14.30     Aims and Limitations in Science: Risk, Uncertainty, Ignorance, and Indeterminacy. Professor II Bjørn Hofmann
14.30-15.30     Group work
15.30-16.00     Presentation of group work and discussion