For the last four centuries, scientists have aimed to provide us with an understanding of the world around us. By all appearances, science has made substantial progress during this time. But is this progress real or illusory? And if it is real, how has this progress been made? This four-week course will consider these important questions. Specific topics will include how scientists generate knowledge through observations, experiments, and simulations; scientific objectivity and failures of scientific objectivity; the self-correcting nature of the scientific community; the positive and negative influences that values can have on science; the relationship between science and religion; and the role of the public in guiding the scientific enterprise.
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Philosophy of Science
University of PennsylvaniaAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction and Core Examples
Scientific Methods
Scientific Objectivity
Values in Science
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- 5 stars79.03%
- 4 stars13.97%
- 3 stars3.22%
- 2 stars1.07%
- 1 star2.68%
TOP REVIEWS FROM PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Help me to go back to my philosophy course as undergrad. This is a remind of critical thinking and how do you examine science and its contents. Great course
Interesting information, well presented. The course gave me new ways of looking at scientific studies and research that will, I believe, make me a more sophisticated consumer of science reporting.
Very intellectually stimulating considering the relatively few hours involved.
Tough quizes!
a good course for undergrad students, well put together and entertaining.
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