ClassInfo - Fall 2020 Philosophy Classes

Fall 2020 | PHIL 8602 Section 001: Scientific Representation and Explanation (33292)

Instructor(s): Alan Love
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Meets With:: PHIL 5602 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020

Thu 04:00PM - 06:30PM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 150
Enrollment Status:: Open (4 of 8 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Contemporary issues concerning representation and explanation of scientific facts.
Class Notes:: This course will examine practices of idealization in the sciences. How should we understand the deliberate misrepresentation of detail in models - fiction in the service of simplification? Reading recent work from Kwame Appiah, Catherine Elgin, and Angela Potochnik (among others), we will analyze how idealization operates and what it implies in different scientific contexts. Graduate students from all disciplines are welcome and encouraged to enroll.
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Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33292/1209

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