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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog This is not the most recent catalog version; be sure you are viewing the appropriate catalog year.
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PHIL 580 Philosophy of Science
A systematic examination of the main philosophical problems raised by the results and methods of the physical and social sciences. Topics include the problem of meaning, measurement, the interpretation of probability statements, the justification of induction, the concept of cause, the laws of nature, description and explanation, determinism and in-determinism.
Often cross-listed with PHIL 480W
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation once every two years (in-person/hybrid, occasionally online)
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Change to course rotation 3/2019, effective Fall 2019; New Course 7/2013, effective Fall 2013
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