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Different ASSESSMENT
Source=[A maximum of two essays totalling 5,000 words.]
Xref = [One mini-paper per tutorial and one major paper of at least 3,000 words at the end of the semester.]
Different CONTACT
Source=[Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.]
Xref = [One 2 hour lecture/seminar a week.]
Different COORDINATOR
Source=[To be advised.]
Xref = [Dr N Thomason]
Different OBJECTIVES
Source=[Students completing this subject should :
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<li>become familiar with central technical concepts and issues in the philosophy of science;
<li>be prepared for research in the philosophy of science.
</ul>]
Xref = [The student will learn to deal with two of the fundamental issues in philosophy of science, and more broadly, the philosophy of rationality. The first is the ways in which our concepts evolve under rational criticism. The second is the relationship between informal assessment of scientific theories as, for example, "probable" and the mathematical theory of probability.]
Different POINTS
Source=[16.7 3rd year]
Xref = [16.7]
Different PREREQUISITES
Source=[Some background in Philosophy, normally 161-102 or 136-202 or 136-203 or 161-221.]
Xref = [At least two 200-level HPS subjects or an approved equivalent.]
Different PRESCRIBEDTEXTS
Source=[]
Xref = [<ATEXT>Salmon M et. al. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science]
Different SEMESTER
Source=[Second semester]
Xref = [First semester]
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