Program:

9.9, The introduction by the editor (G. Roth)

23.9, ss. 3-62  (I)

3-31 Milka Hanhela

31-62 Juho Karvinen,

7.10, ss. 63 - 111  (II)

63-90 Jaakko Reinikainen

90-111 Liban Sheikh

21.10 ss. 112-162 (II)

112-130 Viljami Hukka,

130-162 Martin Mainka

4.11, ss. 163-211 (II)

163-184 Kalle Virtanen

184-211 Juho Rantala

18.11 ss. 212 - 255 (III)

212-231 Miikaeli Kylä-Laaso

231-255 Lisa Lorenz

2.12, ss. 256 – 301 (III)

256-284 Marjukka Monni

284-301 Paula Rauhala

16.12 ss. 302 – 310 (IV)

302-310 Petro Leinonen

For 3 credits:

5 min presentation;

5-7 page summary of the 310 pages (ca. 1 page per meeting);

email to arto.laitinen@uta.fi by 16.12

for 5 credits,… (read + write an essay; negotiated with teachers)

for 7 credits, …. (read + write an essay; negotiated with teachers)

Meetings start at 16.00; be there 15.55 to get in from the main door.

Course has electronic enrolment, but it is also possible to enrol when the course starts.

Program:

9.9, The introduction by the editor (G. Roth)

23.9, ss. 3-62  (I)

3-31 Milka Hanhela

31-62 Juho Karvinen,

7.10, ss. 63 - 111  (II)

63-90 Jaakko Reinikainen

90-111 Liban Sheikh

21.10 ss. 112-162 (II)

112-130 Viljami Hukka,

130-162 Martin Mainka

4.11, ss. 163-211 (II)

163-184 Kalle Virtanen

184-211 Juho Rantala

18.11 ss. 212 - 255 (III)

212-231 Miikaeli Kylä-Laaso

231-255 Lisa Lorenz

2.12, ss. 256 – 301 (III)

256-284 Marjukka Monni

284-301 Paula Rauhala

16.12 ss. 302 – 310 (IV)

302-310 Petro Leinonen

For 3 credits:

5 min presentation;

5-7 page summary of the 310 pages (ca. 1 page per meeting);

email to arto.laitinen@uta.fi by 16.12

for 5 credits,… (read + write an essay; negotiated with teachers)

for 7 credits, …. (read + write an essay; negotiated with teachers)

Meetings start at 16.00; be there 15.55 to get in from the main door.

The course focuses on the basic and general features of scientific research, methodology, and argumentation, as applicable to any field of study. Some central themes in the philosophy of science will also be discussed, in an introductory manner.

The course is intended to all new international Master’s degree students, but it will serve also international Doctoral students.

Contact person: Coordinator of international education, Anna Wansén-Kaseva

A seminar for PhD-students and advanced students from any discipline, interested in social theory broadly conceived. During spring 2016 we will be reading Pierre Bourdieu’s Pascalian Meditations. The text will be available via Moodle for registered participants.

Meetings: every second or third Wednesday 4pm-6pm, 20.1; 3.2; 17.2; 9.3; 23.3; 6.4; 13.4;TBC.

3 ECTS:

For every time, read the chapter and write a one page summary of the chapter – and after the sixth meeting send the six page summary to us.

Everyone participates in giving a presentation (see the list – coordinate with your pair on how you do it). The presentation is a short one, 5 min, raising just one or two points or questions or so (assume that everyone has read the chapter).

5 ECTS: see the separate instructions

Introduction. 20.1.

1. Critique of Scholastic Reason. 9-48  3.2.2016 (Risto absent)

Yrjö Kallinen

Suvi Törrönen

2. The Three Forms of Scholastic Fallacy. 49-92 17.2. 2016 (Arto absent)

Antti Halkonen

Lauri Lahikainen

3. The Historicity of Reason. 93-127  9.3.2016

Jaakko Reinikainen

Ville Vahosalmi

Joonas Kumpulainen

4. Bodily Knowledge. 128-163 23.3.2016

Olli Tiikkainen

5. Symbolic Violence and Political Struggles. 164-205 6.4. 2016

Karim Maiche

Petro Leinonen

Iiro Aro

6. Social Being, Time and the Sense of Existence. 206-245 13.4.2016

Marc Calafell Plaza

Dong Seob Lee

Niklas Hansen

7. Book Review discussion TBC

A seminar for PhD-students and advanced students from any discipline, interested in social theory broadly conceived. During spring 2016 we will be reading Pierre Bourdieu’s Pascalian Meditations. The text will be available via Moodle for registered participants.

Meetings: every second or third Wednesday 4pm-6pm, 20.1; 3.2; 17.2; 9.3; 23.3; 6.4; 13.4;TBC.

3 ECTS:

For every time, read the chapter and write a one page summary of the chapter – and after the sixth meeting send the six page summary to us.

Everyone participates in giving a presentation (see the list – coordinate with your pair on how you do it). The presentation is a short one, 5 min, raising just one or two points or questions or so (assume that everyone has read the chapter).

5 ECTS: see the separate instructions

Introduction. 20.1.

1. Critique of Scholastic Reason. 9-48  3.2.2016 (Risto absent)

Yrjö Kallinen

Suvi Törrönen

2. The Three Forms of Scholastic Fallacy. 49-92 17.2. 2016 (Arto absent)

Antti Halkonen

Lauri Lahikainen

3. The Historicity of Reason. 93-127  9.3.2016

Jaakko Reinikainen

Ville Vahosalmi

Joonas Kumpulainen

4. Bodily Knowledge. 128-163 23.3.2016

Olli Tiikkainen

5. Symbolic Violence and Political Struggles. 164-205 6.4. 2016

Karim Maiche

Petro Leinonen

Iiro Aro

6. Social Being, Time and the Sense of Existence. 206-245 13.4.2016

Marc Calafell Plaza

Dong Seob Lee

Niklas Hansen

7. Book Review discussion TBC