Jean-François Bert
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Humanities and Social Sciences Program
PhD Students
Volynskaya Alina,Courses
Knowledge, awareness, beliefs II
What is knowledge? By using the tools of the history of science, of epistemology but also of sociology and anthropology, it will be a question of understanding how knowledge is produced, transmitted, but also what are the useful approaches to observe them
Science, reason and faith II
This course takes the long history of opponents of Darwin and Darwinism (creationists, neo-creationists, supporters of intelligent design) to try to understand their strategies and arguments.
Savoirs, connaissances, croyances II
This course is an introduction to the question of conspiracy theories.
Sciences and religions I
The aim of this course is to review the conditions (both historical and epistemological) that have enabled the sciences to gain autonomy from religion.
Sciences and religions II
Can one be a scientist and a believer at the same time? Is science the enemy of faith? Should a scientist always be an atheist or an agnostic? These are some of the questions dealt with in this seminar. Its purpose is to present the various forms of the debate between science and religion.