Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

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Units: 3 Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL C1000 Hours: 54 lecture The philosophical foundations of science such as criteria for distinguishing between science and pseudo-science, questions concerning scientific progress, justification of scientific hypotheses, the theory-dependence of observation, the nature of scientific revolutions, the possibility of objectivity and the challenges of relativism, feminism and marginalization. (CSU, UC)