SW 293 - Aging Reason

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DePaul University

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Description:

Reasoning, like human life, comes in layers that need to be unravelled if we are to make sense of it. As Bernard Shaw put it, "Reason makes a good servant but a bad master" That may come as a surprising thought to those of us brought up to think that everything desirable and true is scientific and science is based on reason. This course will examine the maturing of the reasoning processes employed in science, the mechanisms or methodologies used to validate data, namely the development of scientific reasoning in the Western hemisphere from naive realism through logical positivism to Popperian falsification. This will help us to clarify the status of the data that we use or write about. It will also examine the maturing of the biological processes of the human being, the mechanisms of aging, including modern research experience demonstrating the way in which underlying assumptions can influence both reasoning about and experience of biological aging processes. Class presentation and discussion backed up by library-based reading. In class, we will focus on the key concepts of paradigms in science and religion, in youth and aging and the way in which basic assumptions influence perception, behavior, and experience.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.depaul.edu

Phone Number:

(312) 362-8000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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