Call Number | 10117 |
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Day & Time Location |
TR 1:00pm-4:10pm To be announced |
Points | 3 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | None |
Instructor | Ye Eun Jeong |
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 |
Subterm | 07/07-08/15 (B) |
Department | Summer Session (SUMM) |
Enrollment | 0 students (25 max) as of 9:06PM Tuesday, February 4, 2025 |
Subject | Philosophy |
Number | S3551 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Summer Session |
Section key | 20252PHIL3551S001 |