History of Cosmological Consepts
Course code
AIG6002.HT
old course code
AIG6002
Course title in Estonian
Maailmapildi ajalugu
Course title in English
History of Cosmological Consepts
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
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lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
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Course aims
The goal of the course is to give an overview of the origins and development of the modern worldview and to develop the necessary skills for the critical analysis of widespread non-scientific views on the world.
Brief description of the course
Throughout the course, an overview is given of the development of the worldview from the Antiquity to the modernity. The position and importance of the worldview within the culture is described as well as the relations of science, religion, and folklore, and the history of the beliefs about the stars and constellations. An introduction is given to the genesis of the scientific worldview and the diverse problems related to its various aspects.
Teacher
dots Enn Kasak
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