Links to files containing notes for the lectures may be found below. Notes will typically be posted shortly after class ends.

 

1. Introduction (January 18, 2006)

2. Rosenberg - Chapter 1 (January 20, 2006)

3. Explanations - Hempel’s D-N Model (January 20-23, 2006) 

4. Explanations - Criticisms of the D-N Model (January 25-27, 2006)

5. Explanations - Hempel’s I-S Model (January 27-30, 2006)

6. Alternatives to Hempel’s Model (January 30-Feb. 10, 2006)

7. Theories - Introduction (February 10-13, 2006)

8. Theories - Reduction (February 15, 2006)

9. Theories and Observations (February 17, 2006) 

10. Theoretical Entities (February 20, 2006) 

11. Knowledge and Justification (February 27- March 3, 2006)

12. Problems of Induction (March 3-10, 2006)

13. Popper and Falsification (March 20-22, 2006)

14. Inference to the Best Explanation (March 24-27, 2006)  

15. Science and Pseudoscience (March 31, 2006)

16. Kuhn (April 7-10, 2006)

17. Gould (April 10-19, 2006)

18. Dennett (April 19-26, 2006)

19. Science and Ethics (April 28, 2006)

 

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