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PHIL 265

Philosophy of Science

3 units

Fall 2025

Readings

  • Godfrey-Smith, Peter. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (2nd edition). The University of Chicago Press. (2021)
    required
Fall 2024

Readings

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.
    required
  • P. Godfrey-Smith. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to Philosophy of Science. University of Chicago Press, 2003.
    recommended
  • S. Okasha. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2002.
    recommended
  • I. Hacking. Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
    recommended
  • T. S. Kuhn. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 2nd edition. University of Chicago Press, 1970.
    recommended
  • 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.
    recommended
  • M. Curd and J. A. Cover. Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. Cambridge University Press, 1998 [publisher as listed].
    recommended
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