HPS 1702 Junior/Senior Seminar for HPS Majors
HPS 1703 Writing Workshop for HPS Majors
Schedule
Spring term 2018
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Schedule updated January 26, 2018. Old
schedule.
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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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 |
Class cancelled due to instructor illness. | ||||||
4 |
Jan. 31 |
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2. Philosophy of Science: Thesis and Argument | ||||
5 |
Feb. 7 |
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"How Einstein Did Not Discover" | 3. Integrating History and Philosophy of Science | A. Short history of science paper | ||
6 |
Feb. 14 |
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"Skepticism
about science" and "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 | |||
7 |
Feb. 21 |
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The discipline slides Scholarly publishing slides |
5. Corrections in Philosophy of Science | B. Long history of science paper | |||
8 |
Feb. 28 |
Your example of the experience of peer review | Evidence for the Basic Principles of
Science. A little survey of inductive inference. Slides Poster forum presentation sign up starts. |
Evidence
for the Basic Principles of Science "A Little Survey of Induction". |
6. The Experience of Peer Review | C. Short philosophy of science paper | ||
Mar. 7 | Spring break | |||||||
9 |
Mar. 14 |
Your example of evidence in science | Inference to the best explanation Poster forum |
8. Inference
to the Best Explanation: The General Account. 9. Inference to the Best Explanation: Examples. |
7. Evidence in Science | D. Synthesis sketch | ||
10 |
Mar. 21 |
Presentations: content sketch 1. Nicholas Giangiulio 2. Chandler Mitchell 3. Safiye Unlu 4. Renata Mitchell 5. Emily Messer 6. Andin Fosam |
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11 |
Mar. 28 |
Presentations: content sketch 1. Sana Mahmood 2. Brianna Scalzo 3. Nikko O'Brien 4. Morgan McArthur 5. Rishi Gupta 6. Elizabeth Winters |
Well designed
poster |
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12 |
Apr. 4 |
Presentations: draft poster 1. Nicholas Giangiulio 2. Chandler Mitchell 3. Safiye Unlu 4. Renata Mitchell 5. Emily Messer 6. Andin Fosam |
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First draft of term paper. Swap draft with your assigned editor Who edits whom? |
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13 |
Apr. 11 |
Presentations: draft poster 1. Sana Mahmood 2. Brianna Scalzo 3. Nikko O'Brien 4. Morgan McArthur 5. Rishi Gupta 6. Elizabeth Winters |
Printing your poster |
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14 |
Apr. 18 |
Department of HPS: Undergraduate Majors' Poster Forum, Center for
Philosophy of Science, 817 CL. click for larger |
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Apr. 20 Last day of classes |
Final, revised version of term paper |