Explore Philosophy and Science
This Certificate provides philosophical insight into questions concerning the methodology and practice of science.
Specialized course offerings
PHIL 144 - Intro to Philosophy of Science: An introduction to philosophical issues concerning the nature of science.
PHIL 201 - Epistemology: A critical overview of recent accounts of the nature and scope of human knowledge and of justified or rational belief, and of philosophical issues that these accounts are intended to address.
PHIL 203 - Metaphysics: An examination of central problems of metaphysics such as space and time, universals and particulars, substance, identity and individuation and personal identity.
PHIL 341 - Philosophy of Science: A study of the nature of scientific enquiry, classificatory systems, laws and theories, the role of observation in science, the demarcation between science and non-science, causality, the status of theoretical constructs, and teleological explanation.
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