Objectives
Understand the historical and social framework and evolution of health and wellbeing sciences
Characterize the Sciences of Health and Wellbeing as an area of knowledge according to the different epistemological perspectives
Understand the complexity of health and wellness sciences
Understand transdisciplinarity in health and wellness sciences
General characterization
Code
531000
Credits
9
Responsible teacher
Professor Doutor Manuel Lopes
Hours
Weekly -
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Total -
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Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable to
Bibliography
Broadbent, A. (2013). Philosophy of Epidemiology New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Palgrave Macmillan;
Esser, D. E., & Mittelman, J. H. (2018). Transdisciplinarity. In The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb /9780190630577.013.29
Hedesan, J., & Tendler, J. (2017). The structure of scientific revolutions. In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. https://doi.org/10.4324 /9781912281589
Mol, A. (2003). The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice (Science and Cultural Theory). Duke University Press.
Morin, E. (2008). On Complexity Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences. Hampton Press.
Oliveira, M. G. (2017). A Questão do Relativismo na Teoria da Argumentação de Stephen Toulmin [Universidade de Coimbra]. https://eg.uc.pt/bitstream/10316/85583/1/MiguelOliveira_VersaoFinal.pdf
Valles, S. (2020). Philosophy of Biomedicine. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Edward N.).
Teaching method
At this level of development, teaching methodologies will be essentially active and focused on the interest of doctoral students. Thus and after an initial conceptual and strategic framework, there will be space for each student to choose and develop their path, even if framed by the learning objectives. This route will result in the public presentation of the different phases of its evolution, as well as the presentation of a final written document, in the form of an article.
Evaluation method
The evaluation of the learning process (continuous or final exam) will result of the evaluation of public presentation as well as the written document:
a) 1 working paper: 75%
b) Oral presentation: 25%
Subject matter
1. Characterization of Health and Wellbeing Sciences Historical and social evolution
a. From the mythical-ecological perspective to positivist hegemony
b. From simple causality to causal complexity
2. Characterization of Health and Wellbeing Sciences as an area of knowledge - Epistemological perspective
a. Criteria for knowledge development: revolution, evolution, integration
b. Criteria for perceiving reality
c. Truth criteria
3. Complexity as a source of thought and agenda setting in Health and Wellbeing Sciences
4. Transdisciplinarity as a determinant in research protocols in Health and Wellbeing Sciences
5. Mapping the boundaries of values, scientificity and objectivity:
a. Epistemology of nursing sciences
b. Scientificity and epistemology in health technologies and wellness
c. Public health ontology and the transdisciplinary field of scientific knowledge.
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