PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
FILOSOFIA DELLA SCIENZA
Course code
FT0409 (AF:444857 AR:257595)
Modality
Blended (on campus and online classes)
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
M-FIL/02
Period
4th Term
Course year
1
Moodle
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The course provides a general overview of the philosophy of science from Hume to feminist philosophy of science
Knowledge of the main topics in the philosophy of science
Ability to analyse some of the important texts in philosophy of science
No previous knowledge is required for this course
- Hume and the problem of induction
- The falsificationism
- Logical empiricism
- Scientific revolutions
- Duhem-Quine thesis
- Realism and antirealism
- Scientific explanation
- Feminist philosophy of science

- J. Ladyman, Filosofia della scienza, Carocci, 2007
- S. Okasha, Il primo libro di filosofia della scienza, Einaudi, 2006
- Texts of various authors will be made available in due course
A written exam that lasts two hours and where students are asked to answer three open questions in two hours on the basis of the material covered during the course
The course is "blended". See Moodle for a detailed description
Italian
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 06/04/2023