Call Number | 13525 |
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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 5:08PM Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
Subject | Philosophy |
Number | UN3551 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Interfaculty |
Section key | 20233PHIL3551W001 |