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| History and Philosophy of Science | |||
| HIS/PHILO SCI | |||
| CLASS CODE: | PHIL 314 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | LANGUAGE & LETTERS | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | HUMANITIES & PHILOSOPHY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course fulfills a General Education - Letters requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Discusses the philosophical assumptions of modern science, criteria for theory selection, and traces their historical development. Describes the historical development of basic ideas in science. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Fall and Winter | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | This course describes the modern scientific method as a tool for studying the Universe and discusses the assumptions on which it is based. It outlines the history of science with the view of understanding and how modern scientific methods developed historically and how it changed over the years. This study allows students to place the theories of modern science into their proper historical and intellectual context. Understanding how modern scientific methods developed historically and how it has changed over the years. |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | Successful completion of the course allows students to understand and appreciate the nature of the scientific method, the purposes of scientific theory and their historical development. Students recognize the strengths and limitations of modern science and the role of faith in modern science. | ||
| REQUIREMENTS: | Objective and Essay Exams Five short papers on topical themes Historical research paper Group Presentation |
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| PREREQUISITES: | Completion of Physical Science GE class and its associated lab. | ||
| OTHER: | Fulfills Letters GE requirement Cross-listed with Physics 314 |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||