Colgate University

First-Year Course Offerings — Fall 2021

PHIL 228   Philosophy of Science
Credits1
RestrictionsInstr perm req during Drop/Add
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Core Area
Area of InquiryHuman Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts Practices

An introduction to the philosophy of science that explores issues of general philosophical interest to the sciences, rather than those germane to any particular discipline. Focus is on the issues of scientific laws, induction, theory confirmation and choice, falsificationism, reductionism, realism, explanation, prediction, and problems relevant to the special sciences.