Philosophy of Science

Catalog description

Scientific values, theories, and practices play a central role in the ways modern human beings live, act, and interact. Increasingly, science affects how we understand our very natures as rational, biological, and social beings. This course examines the nature, role, and meaning of scientific inquiry and knowledge. It addresses topics such as scientific realism and anti-realism, the nature of observation, the structure of scientific theories, philosophical problems in the history of science, the role of values in science, the role of science in human affairs.