Philosophy of science 1

FaculteitFaculty of Science

NiveauMaster

Studiejaar2026-2027

Beschrijving

Course goals

•             Knowledge of recent discussions regarding general philosophy of science (master level)
•             Skills: handle primary source texts in philosophy of science; presenting such a text in class, possibly in collaboration with a fellow student; constructively contribute to an academic discussion in a group on the material covered; write clear short texts on the material covered.
•             Attitudes: being able to reflect critically on scientific knowledge from a meta-perspective; engage critically with a text.

Content

This course addresses central subjects in the philosophy of science, including 1) the relation between theory and evidence; 2) Kuhn's philosophy of science; 3) the controversy about empiricism and scientific realism (logical empiricist view of science, van Fraassen's constructive empiricism, the 'Miracle argument' to support scientific realism, inference to the best explanation) 4) the Duhem-Quine thesis 5) philosophical perspectives on experimental practice.
Please note the contents may be subject to slight variations.

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