Schedule
Week 1 (Introduction)
(1) Th, Sep 6 |
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(2) Fr, Sep 7 |
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Week 2 (Historical background)
(3) Tu, Sep 11 |
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(4) Th, Sep 13 |
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(5) Fr, Sep 14 |
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Week 3 (Logical empiricism)
(6) Tu, Sep 18 |
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(7) Th, Sep 20 |
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(8) Fr, Sep 21 |
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Week 4 (Induction and confirmation)
(9) Tu, Sep 25 |
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(10) Th, Sep 27 |
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(11) Fr, Sep 28 |
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Week 5 (Popper: Conjecture and refutation)
(12) Tu, Oct 2 |
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(13) Th, Oct 4 |
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(14) Fr, Oct 5 |
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Week 6 (Kuhn and normal science)
(15) Tu, Oct 9 |
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(16) Th, Oct 11 |
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(17) Fr, Oct 12 |
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Week 7 (Kuhn and revolutions)
(18) Tu, Oct 16 |
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(19) Th, Oct 18 |
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(20) Fr, Oct 19 |
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Week 8 (Kuhn and progress)
(21) Tu, Oct 23 |
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(22) Th, Oct 25 |
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(23) Fr, Oct 26 |
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Week 9 (Lakatos, Laudan, Feyerabend, and frameworks)
(24) Tu, Oct 30 |
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(25) Th, Nov 1 |
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(26) Fr, Nov 2 |
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Week 10 (Sociology of science, feminism, and science studies)
(27) Tu, Nov 6 |
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(28) Th, Nov 8 |
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(29) Fr, Nov 9 |
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Week 11 (Scientific realism)
(30) Tu, Nov 13 |
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(31) Th, Nov 15 |
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(32) Fr, Nov 16 |
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Week 12 (Explanation)
(33) Tu, Nov 20 |
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(34) Th, Nov 22 |
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(35) Fr, Nov 23 |
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Week 13 (Bayesianism)
(36) Tu, Nov 27 |
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(37) Th, Nov 29 |
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(38) Fr, Nov 30 |
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Week 14 (Analogical reasoning)
(39) Tu, Dec 4 |
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