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Jonathan W. Rosenberg
PHIL 160
Seattle Campus
Study of how scientific theories are justified and why they are accepted, using selected examples from the history of science.
Class description
This course is a basic introduction to general issues in the philosophy of science. The aim of this class is to give students a richer understanding of the scientific process, by looking at a variety of philosophical accounts of science and selected examples from the history of science. Topics will include (but are not limited to): Science’s aims, the demarcation of science from non-science, the form and purpose of scientific inferences and explanations, Science’s objectivity and authority, and the relationship between Science and Society.
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