Sherrilyn Roush

Philosophy 128 -- Philosophy of Science

Meets MWF 1-2, 110 Wheeler

Syllabus — Spring 2007

Coursepack Table of Contents

Coursepack and book will be available at campus store. Until the coursepack arrives, the readings will be available below.

Office Hours:

Professor Roush W 2:30-4:30, 146 Moses, roush@berkeley.edu

Kenny Easwaran T 2-4, 1040 Evans, easwaran@berkeley.edu

Paper Topics 1

Paper Topics 2

Paper Topics 3

Paper Topics 4

Model Paper

Week 1 Slides - Hempel

Week 2 Slides - Hempel

Weeks 2, 3 Slides - Salmon

Week 3 Slides - Kitcher

Week 4 Slides - Lewis

Week 5 Slides - Hume

Week 5 Slides - Responses to Hume

Week 6 Slides - Popper and Salmon

Week 7 Slides - Whewell

Week 7 Slides - Hitchcock, Sober

Week 8 Slides - Bayesianism

Week 9 Slides - Not a Bayesian

Week 10 Slides - Simplicity

Weeks 11, 12 Slides - Realism

Week 13 Slides - Ultimate Argument

Week 14 Slides - Instrumentalism, AIC

Hempel Reading 333-364, 412-415

Hempel Reading 364-376

Hempel Reading 376-403

Salmon Reading

For smaller files:

Salmon Reading, Part 1

Salmon Reading, Part 2

Salmon Reading, Part 3

Kitcher Reading

Lewis Reading

Hume Reading

Popper Reading

Salmon Reading - Rational Prediction

Whewell Reading

Howson Urbach Bayesianism Reading

Glymour Not Bayesian Reading

Howson Urbach Replies

Howson Urbach Replies - missing pages 404-405

Laudan Reading

Musgrave Reading

Sober Reading

Updated on Mon Apr 30 16:57:34 -0700 2007 by Sherrilyn Roush