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136-048 Realism, Relativism and Naturalism | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-510, 136-638 and 136-348. Students who have completed 136-510, 136-638 or 136-348 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Howard Sankey |
Prerequisites | Usually admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in HPS, Fourth Year Honours in HPS or a postgraduate coursework program. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | In this subject students will examine the current trend toward naturalistic approaches to methodological, epistemological and metaphysical issues in modern philosophy of science. Much recent philosophy of science has been characterised by an opposition between realist advocates of the objectivity of science and a variety of cognitive relativist positions which deny such objectivity. However a separate, naturalistic tendency in the philosophy of science promises to transcend the opposition between realism and relativism. On completion of this subject students should have a grasp of the history of and differences between realist and relativist approaches to the philosophy of science and should understand the implications of the naturalistic approach. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
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