Go Back to 136-220 (History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Arts, v3, p112)
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Different ASSESSMENT
Source=[Written work totalling 5,000 words.]
Xref = [Up to two essays and prescribed class assignments, totalling up to 5,000 words.]
Different CONTACT
Source=[Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.]
Xref = [39 hours of lecture/seminars (approximately three hours a week)]
Different CONTENT
Source=[This subject will explore the history and logic of such major scientific theories as Newtonian mechanics or evolution. It will critically examine both scientists' actual behaviour and philosophical accounts of how science should be done. In 1996 the subject will focus on Space, Time and Cosmology.]
Xref = [Historical study of conceptions of the 'scientific method' and its relation to the development of scientific knowledge and scientific practice.]
Different COORDINATOR
Source=[To be advised.]
Xref = [Dr B Ellis]
Different OBJECTIVES
Source=[Students completing this subject should:
<ul>
<li>acquire an understanding of such philosophical/scientific issues as 'what is the nature of space and time'; can biology be 'reduced' to physics?', or 'do good scientists sometimes ignore scientific evidence?';
<li>acquire an understanding of how method and theories in the sciences have changed over the centuries;
<li>gain a background in the philosophy and history of science on which to base further study in the area.
</ul>]
Xref = [Students completing this subject should
<ul>
<li>have an understanding of such philosophical/scientific issues as: "What is the nature of space and time?"; "Can chemistry be 'reduced' to physics?"; or "Do good scientists sometimes ignore scientific evidence?";
<li>have an understanding of how method and theories in the sciences have changed over the centuries;
<li>have a background in the philosophy and history of science on which to base further study in the area.
</ul>]
Different POINTS
Source=[16.7 2nd and 3rd years]
Xref = [16.7]
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