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AP/PHIL 4285

Revolutions in Science

3.0 credits

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Scientific revolutions and changes of worldview
  • Geocentrism, heliocentrism and mechanics
  • Space and time in Newton and Einstein
  • Darwinian evolution and Freudian psychology
  • Alchemy, chemistry and quantum mechanics
  • Kuhn’s account of paradigms

Readings

  • Sample reading: Richard DeWitt, Worldviews: An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science, 3rd ed.
  • Sample reading: Friedel Weinert, Copernicus, Darwin, & Freud: Revolution in the History and Philosophy of Science.
  • Sample reading: A. F. Chalmers, What Is This Thing Called Science?, chapter 8 on Kuhn’s paradigms.
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