Philosophy of Science II25164
- Centre
- Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology
- Degree
- Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy
- Academic course
- 2024/25
- Academic year
- 3
- No. of credits
- 6
- Languages
- Spanish
- Basque
- Code
- 25164
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Teaching guideToggle Navigation
Skills/Learning outcomes of the subjectToggle Navigation
Analysis of the main topics of Philosophy of science: epistemological, ontological, pragmatical and axiological.
Theoretical and practical contentToggle Navigation
1. Induction, prediction and evidence
2. Models of scientific explanation: DN, mechanistic, functional
3. Causation ad natural laws
4. Emergence and reduction in science
5. Realism and the nature of scientific theories
6. Scientific representations and models
7. Naturalism in philosophy of science
8. Science as activity and scientific practices
9. Rationality, objectivity and values in science
10. Science and society: the perspective of sociology of science
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The teacher will specify at the beginning of the course which aspects are required among those of the official syllabus.
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- Final Assessment System
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Assistance to class and participation will be taken into account for the evaluation of this course.
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Basic bibliography
Dieguez, A. (2005) Filosofía de la ciencia, Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva/Universidad de Málaga.
Díez Calzada, J.A., Moulines, C.U., (1997) Fundamentos de Filosofía de la Ciencia, Barcelona: Ariel.
Echeverria, J. (1999) Introducción a la metodología de la ciencia, Madrid: Cátedra.
Godfrey-Smith, P. (2003): Theory and Reality. An introduction to the philosophy of Science. Chicago: The Chicago University Press.
Olivé, L. y Pérez Ransanz, A. R. Eds. (1989) Filosofía de la ciencia: teoría y observación, México: Siglo XXI.
In-depth bibliography
Balashov, Y & Rosenberg, A. Eds. (2002) Philosophy of Science. Contemporary Readings. New York: Routledge.
Curd, M. & Cover, J. A. Eds. (1998) Philosophy of Science. The central issues. WW. Norton.
Lange, M. (2007) Philosophy of Science. An anthology. Oxford: Blackwell.
Okasha, S. (2002): Philosophy of Science. A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Rosenberg, A. (2000) Philosophy of Science. A contemporary introduction. New York: Routledge.
Journals
Erkenntnis;
Philosophy of Science;
Synthese;
Theoria;
Teorema.
Web addresses
European Philosophy of Science Association. www.epsa.ac.at
Philosophy of Science Association. philsci.org
Philsci Archive. philsci-archive.pitt.edu
Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y Filosofía de la ciencia. www.solofici.org
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. plato.stanford.edu
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