Unit information: Scientific Epistemology and Methodology in 2008/09

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Unit name Scientific Epistemology and Methodology
Unit code PHILM0004
Credit points 20
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Dr. Paternotte
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Philosophy
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit covers topics such as inference to the best explanation, realism and instrumentalism, Bayesianism and confirmation theory, the nature of scientific theories, theory-choice and underdetermination.

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