PHIL 265
Philosophy of Science
Fall 2025
Readings
- Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (2nd edition). The University of Chicago Press. (2021)
Fall 2024
Readings
- Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. 2nd edition. The University of Chicago Press, 2021
- The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, 3rd edition (2016), edited by Simon Blackburn. This resource provides concise, paragraph-length definitions and explanations
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 3rd edition (2015), edited by Robert Audi. This dictionary offers more detailed, page-long entries and is also accessible online through the University Library
Winter 2012
Topics
- Scientific method
- Science and pseudoscience
- Objectivity
- Scientific progress
- Theory change
Readings
- Alan F. Chalmers. What Is This Thing Called Science? 3rd edition. Hackett Publishing Company, 1999.
- P. Godfrey-Smith. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to Philosophy of Science. University of Chicago Press, 2003.
- S. Okasha. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2002.
- I. Hacking. Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- T. S. Kuhn. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 2nd edition. University of Chicago Press, 1970.
- M. H. Salmon et al. Introduction to the Philosophy of Science: A Text by Members of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Pittsburgh. Prentice Hall, 1992.
- M. Curd and J. A. Cover. Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. Cambridge University Press, 1998 [publisher as listed].
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
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- 2024-Fall-PHIL-265-LECTURE-A1 ↗2024
- 2025-Fall-PHIL-265-LECTURE-A01 ↗2025
- Philosophy of Science ↗2012
- Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.
- Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS. Partial automated extraction.