HPS 1702 Junior/Senior Seminar for HPS Majors
HPS 1703 Writing Workshop for HPS Majors
Schedule
Spring term 2018
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| Week | Date | Class discussion | New Topic Introduced | Reading for this week | Discussion assignments due this week | Research assignment due this week |
| 1 |
Jan. 10 |
Introduce yourself | Introduction History of science: sources and context slides Interviews: George Gamow Audio Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Audio |
(As background: John D. Norton, "Einstein's
Special Theory of Relativity and the Problems in the
Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies that Led him to it.") |
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| 2 |
Jan. 17 |
Your example of sources and context in history of science | Philosophy of science: thesis and argument |
What is philosophy of science? Identifying an argument and thesis: "Philosophical Significance of the Special Theory of Relativity:Skeptical Morals." Point of Intractability |
1. History of
Science: Sources and Context |
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| 3 |
Jan. 24 |
Your example of philosophy of science: thesis and argument | Integrating history and philosophy of science slides |
2.
Philosophy of Science: Thesis and Argument |
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| 4 |
Jan. 31 |
Your example of integrating history and philosophy of science | Corrections in history of science slides |
"How
Einstein Did Not Discover" |
3.
Integrating History and Philosophy of Science |
A. Short history of science paper |
| 5 |
Feb. 7 |
Your example of a historical correction | Corrections in philosophy of science |
"Time
is the Fourth Dimension" in "Philosophical Significance of the
Special Theory of Relativity" in Einstein for Everyone "What is Time?" Goodies Page |
4.
Corrections in History of Science |
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| 6 |
Feb. 14 |
Your example of a philosophical correction | The discipline slides Scholarly publishing slides |
5.
Corrections in Philosophy of Science |
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| 7 |
Feb. 21 |
Your example of the experience of peer review | Evidence for the Basic Principles of Science A little survey of inductive inference. Slides |
Evidence for the Basic Principles of
Science "A Little Survey of Induction". |
6. The
Experience of Peer Review |
B. Long history of science paper |
| 8 |
Feb. 28 |
Your example of evidence in science | Inference to the best explanation Poster forum presentation sign up starts. |
8.
Inference to the Best Explanation: The General Account. 9. Inference to the Best Explanation: Examples. |
7. Evidence in
Science |
C. Short philosophy of science paper |
| Mar. 7 | Spring break | |||||
| 9 |
Mar. 14 |
Your example of inference to the best explanation | The material theory of induction slides Poster forum |
1. The Material Theory of Induction Stated and Illustrated. | 8.
Inference to the Best Explanation |
D. Synthesis sketch |
| 10 |
Mar. 21 |
Presentations: content sketch |
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| 11 |
Mar. 28 |
Presentations: content sketch |
Well designed
poster |
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| 12 |
Apr. 4 |
Presentations: draft poster |
E. First draft of term paper. Swap draft with your assigned editor | |||
| 13 |
Apr. 11 |
Presentations: draft poster |
Printing your poster |
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| 14 |
Apr. 18 |
Department of HPS: Undergraduate Majors' Poster Forum, Center for Philosophy of Science, 817 CL. | ||||
| Apr. 20 Last day of classes |
Final, revised version of term paper |