Fall 2023 Philosophy UN3551 section 001

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Call Number 13525
Day & Time
Location
MW 6:10pm-7:25pm
716 Philosophy Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor David Albert
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Philosophical problems within science and about the nature of scientific knowledge in the 17th-20th centuries. Sample problems: causation and scientific explanation; induction and real kinds; verification and falsification; models, analogies and simulations; the historical origins of the modern sciences; scientific revolutions; reductionism and supervenience; differences between physics, biology and the social sciences; the nature of life; cultural evolution; human nature; philosophical issues in cosmology.

Web Site Vergil
Department Philosophy
Enrollment 16 students (20 max) as of 9:05AM Thursday, March 28, 2024
Subject Philosophy
Number UN3551
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Campus Morningside
Section key 20233PHIL3551W001