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PHL 433 Philosophy of Science

400 levelArts & Humanities10 topics

PHL 433 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature and aims of science
  2. The scientific method and observation
  3. Induction and the problem of justification
  4. Deduction and hypothetico-deductive reasoning
  5. Verification and falsification (Popper)
  6. Kuhn on paradigms and scientific revolutions
  7. Scientific explanation and laws
  8. Theory, observation and objectivity
  9. Realism versus instrumentalism
  10. Metaphysical foundations of science

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Nature and aims of science

The nature and aims of science concern what science is, how it builds knowledge, and what it tries to achieve. For examination purposes, you must master science as a systematic, evidence-based and testable enterprise, and understand its major aims such as explanation, prediction, control, and the organization of knowledge.

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