Course Catalog
PHIL 300 Philosophy of Science | 3 Credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This course is an introduction to the main issues and approaches in the philosophy of science. Topics to be covered are the origins, the nature and the aims of science; the problem of demarcation; the problem of induction; the nature of scientific explanation; the rationality of science and scientific objectivity; scientific method, theories and their testing; scientific revolutions; realism/anti-realism debate; and science and values. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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