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PHIL 411 -- Philosophy of Science-- Spring 2010
ASSIGNMENTS AND COURSE NOTES
Week 1 -- 01/25-29 -- Presentation of the course, The demarcation problem, started
Week 2 -- 2/2-5 -- Demarcation Problem, finished + Logical Positivism, started
- Monday:
- Wednesday:
- SYNTHESIS DUE ON THE DEMARCATION PROBLEM
- Readings: Schlick, Boyd, McGuire ON BLACKBOARD
- Handout: Logical Positivism will be available the day before class at the latest
Week 3 -- 2/8-12 -- Logical Positivism, finished + The historical turn, started
- Monday:
- Wednesday: Kuhn 2 + quick review of the historical turn after Kuhn
- Readings: Kuhn (optional: Lakatos, Feyerabend, and Latour ON BLACKBOARD)
- Presentation: James and Colin
Week 4 -- The Historical Turn, continued
- Monday 2/15: NO CLASS
- Wednesday 2/17:
- Readings: Laudan
- Presentation: Peter and Tim
Week 5 -- The Historical Turn, Finished -- The Semantic View, started
PROSPECTUS DUE ON FRIDAY 2/26
- Monday 2/22:
- Readings: Longino
- Presentation: Oliver and Anthony -- draft due on Monday 2/15
- Wednesday 2/24: CLASS CANCELED
Week 6 -- The Semantic View
- Monday 3/1: Half an hour on Longino, and then Suppe.
- Readings: Suppe
- Presentation: Colin and Anthony -- draft due on Wednesday 2/17
- Wednesday 3/3:
- Readings: Suppes + Giere
- Presentation: Arlo and Peter + Scott and Peter -- drafts due on Monday 2/22
Week 7 -- Theory and Evidence -- Underdetermination and Induction
- Monday 3/8:
- SYNTHESIS DUE on the Nature and Structure of Scientific Theories: Logical Empiricism, Historical Turn, and Semantic View.
- Readings: Duhem (CC 257)
- Presentation: Andrew-- draft due on Monday 3/1
- Wednesday 3/10:
- Quine, (CC 280)
- Presentation SLB
Week 8 -- Theory and Evidence -- Underdetermination and Induction
- Monday 3/15:
- Readings: Laudan (CC 220)
- Presentation: Peter and Colin
- Wednesday 3/17:
- Popper + Salmon (CC 426-444)
- Presentation: Arlo + James
Week 9 -- Theory and Evidence -- Underdetermination and Induction
- Monday 3/22:
- Nehamas at the Philosophy Forum
- Wednesday 3/24:
- Hempel + Snyder (CC 445 - 480)
- Presentation: (Rosalyn + Oliver) + SLB
- Friday, 3/26: FIRST DRAFT OF PAPER DUE before 3pm in my mailbox LA 101
Week 10 -- SPRING BREAK
Week 11 -- Underdetermination and Induction, finished -- Bayesianism
- Monday 4/5: Snyder (SLB) + SYNTHESIS DUE ON Underdetermination and Induction
- Wednesday: Salmon and Glymour (CC pp. 551-606) -- Presentation SLB
Week 12 -- Bayesianism, finished / Explanation, started
- Monday 4/12: Salmon on Bayesianism -- Presentation SLB
- Wednesday 4/14: Carnap and Hempel (CC pp. 678-694) -- Presentation SLB
Week 13 -- Explanation, finished
- Monday 4/19: DN-Explanations: Discussion. Prepare at least 2 objections or clarification requests regarding the DN model of explanation
- Wednesday 4/21: IS-Explanations -- Read Hempel (CC 706-719) -- and Conclusion
Week 14 -- Scientific Realism vs Empiricism
- Monday 4/26: SYNTHESIS ON EXPLANATION DUE -- Starting Realism: Maxwell pp. 1052-1063 -- Presentation Andrew
- Wednesday 4/28: van Fraassen pp. 1064 -1087 -- presentation SLB
Week 15 -- Scientific Realism vs Empiricism
- Monday 5/3 Laudan ()p.1114) -- Presentation Rosie and Colin
- Wednesday 5/5 Hacking (p.1152) -- Presentation Tim and Scott
Final Week: 5/12 3:20pm : Last Synthesis on Realism and Empiricism due
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