SISP 202
Spring 2010
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01
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| Crosslisting:
PHIL 287 |
| Certificates: Environmental Studies, Informatics and Modeling, Environmental Studies |
This course is a fast-moving introduction to the philosophy of science. Topics include the relation between finished theories or explanations and ongoing research; the recognition and dissemination of discoveries; the justification of scientific claims; conceptual and technical (revolutionary) change in the science; the significance of instrumentation, experiment, and artifice in science; the places of laws, models, and causal relations in scientific understanding; and whether various sciences differ fundamentally in their aims, methods, and achievements. Considerable attention will be given to examples of scientific practice, both historical and contemporary. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA SISP |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(EDST)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(INFO-MN)(PHIL)(PHIL-Philosophy)(PHIL-Social Jus)(PSYC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Carl Hempel, The Philosophy of Natural Science
Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Ian Hacking, Representing and Intervening,
and numerous philosophical articles on reserve
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Examinations and Assignments:
1 expository, comparative essay
2 open-topic papers
9 of 14 ungraded weekly reading response papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a junior/senior level required course for students in the Science in Society Program, and a core "Mind and Reality" course in Philosophy, but is not limited to SISP or Philosophy students. |
| Instructor(s): Rouse,Joseph T. Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: -9 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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