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PHIL 300 Philosophy of Science
3 Credits
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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SU Credit
Fall 2019-2020
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2018-2019
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2017-2018
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2016-2017
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2015-2016
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2014-2015
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2013-2014
Philosophy of Science
3
Fall 2012-2013
Philosophy of Science
3
Spring 2010-2011
Philosophy of Science
3
Prerequisite: SPS 101 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
and SPS 102 - Undergraduate - Min Grade D
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Corequisite: __ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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