PHIL 5601 is also offered in Fall 2024
PHIL 5601 is also offered in Fall 2022
Fall 2022 | PHIL 5601 Section 001: History of the Philosophy of Science (32559)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Instructor Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Walter W Heller Hall 731
- Enrollment Status:
Open (5 of 26 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- History of logical empiricism, from its European origins in first half of 20th century to its emergence as nearly universal account of science in post-war Anglo-American philosophy. prereq: instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Margaret Cavendish and Criticisms of the New Science According to the received, canned history of the scientific revolution, luminaries like Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, and Robert Hooke developed a new experimental and mathematical methodology that was rapidly adopted as the preferred approach to science, an approach that is, to some extent, still with us today. However, the new methodology pioneered by these figures was controversial in its day, and debates about the optimal procedures for achieving knowledge of nature were vitriolic. In this course, we consider this countercurrent in the history of philosophy of science, particularly by delving into the natural philosophy of Margaret Cavendish, who offered some of the most pointed criticisms of the new science.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32559/1229
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