PHL 311: Philosophy of Science
Dan Rochowiak
Temporary: http://wwwdev.uah.edu/dmr/phl311/
Critical assessment of the historical and logical foundations of the natural and theoretical sciences. Prerequisite: PHL 101 or permission of instructor.
Personal web site
http://wwwdev.uah.edu/dmr/
Sections
To be added
Syllabus
Notes New addition 3/15/2006
Overview of theory overviewTheory.pdf
Exercises
Links
Texts
Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings
Yuri Balashov, Alexander Rosenberg, Alex Rosenberg
ISBN: 0415257824
The Philosophy of Science : A Contemporary Introduction
Alexander Rosenberg
ISBN: 041515281X
Topics
Why Philosophy Of Science?
Presentations: Introduction (demarcation1.pdf)
Positions (demarcation2.pdf)
Unity of science (demarcation3.pdf)
Reports and problems:
Report 1 (report1.pdf) Now due February 2, 2006
Problem 1 (problem1.pdf) Now due February 7, 2006
The Nature Of Scientific Explanation And The Philosophical Problems It Raises
Models of Explanation (explanation1.pdf)
Covering Law (explanation2.pdf)
Second report (secondReport.pdf)
Scientific Theories, Epistemology And Metaphysics
Traditional Model lcmFin.pdf
See blue? eyeBlue.pdf
New Reports Reports 3, 4 and 5 (rep345.pdf)
Darwin and evolution darwin5.pdf
The Challenge Of History And Sociology Of Science
new reports: Reports 6, 7 and group project