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 136-202 Science, Reason and Reality

Note

Available as 136-302 at 3rd-year level.

All BSc students, except those enrolled in the BA/BSc combined course and the BASc course, can only receive 12.5 points science credit at the 200-level for this subject.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr Howard Sankey

Prerequisites

Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS or Philosophy or 75 points of first year Science subjects

Semester

1

Contact

Three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week

Subject Description

Introduction to recent and contemporary philosophy of science, including such topics as the justification of scientific method, rationalism vs. relativism, problems of scientific objectivity and truth, theory-dependence of observation, the processes of scientific theory-change.

Assessment

Written work of up to 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • A F Chalmers, What is this Thing Called Science?.
  • I Hacking, Representing and Intervening.
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