81. TCS: Tech Central Station - Philosophy 101: Global Warming Myths Vs. Empiricism philosophy 101 Global Warming Myths vs. empiricism. Font Size philosophy 101Global Warming Myths vs. empiricism. By Philip Stott, Published, 12/13/2001. http://www.techcentralstation.com/121301M.html

HOME Philip Stott Emeritus Professor Email Author Biographical related articles Greener Than You Think Global Warming Facts, Consensus Melt Away articles by author Philosophy 101: Global Warming Myths vs. Empiricism Font Size: Philosophy 101: Global Warming Myths vs. Empiricism By Philip Stott Published E-Mail Bookmark Print Save TCS I think it`s time to re-examine the concept of "global warming" more philosophically. Weather and climate change every second, of every minute, of every day, of every week, of every year, of every decade, of every century, of every millennium, of every eon. There is no such thing as a stable, or "sustainable," climate. Temperature is accordingly never static; it is always either rising or falling. Thus, to say that we are now experiencing "global warming" is little more than a half-truism, assuming that rising and falling temperatures approximately equal out through time. Around 50% of the time we must be "warming." Therefore, as long as our scientific instruments are sufficiently capable of measuring the rising or the falling, global warming and global cooling are, in a certain sense, matters of fact.

82. Needleman, Inner Empiricism That is the application of inner empiricism. All great philosophy is baseddirectly or indirectly on experience, just as much as modem science is. http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Needleman_93.html

Questions of the Heart Inner Empiricism as a Way to a Science of Consciousness by Jacob Needleman Noetic Sciences Review , Summer 1993 As it happens, I believe there is a growing number of younger philosophers who are interested in getting to the heart of the matterabout what we mean by "reality" and the central role of experience. What draws them, and what originally drew me, to the whole area of philosophy is a quest for meaning. I discovered that the mind by itself cannot complete the philosophic quest. As Kant decisively argued, the mind can ask questions the mind alone cannot answer. For me, this is where the juice of real philosophical investigation begins to flow. I believe it is precisely where intellect hits its limits that the important questions of philosophy start to come alive. Mainstream academic philosophy has for a long time tried to answer these fundamental questions with that part of the mind we call intellect. Frequently the difficulties encountered were so great, the logical tangles so confusing, that many philosophers decided such questions were meaningless, and some even began to ridicule anyone who dared ask "What is reality?" "What is the meaning of life?" "Is there life after death?" "What is the soul?" "Does God exist?" Yet these are the questions of the heart. These are the questions that matter most to peoplenot whether the syntax and deep structures of our language can ever truly represent real knowledge. The meaningful questions, these " questions of the heart", rise up in human beings because of something intrinsic to our nature, an innate striving which Plato called Eros.

83. Buch: Empiricism And The Philosophy Of Mind :: Englische Ausgabe - Relevantis.de Translate this page Buch empiricism and the philosophy of Mind Englische Ausgabe bei relevantis.de,Englisches Buch, Englische Bücher, Hörbücher. Englische Bücher. http://englische-buecher.relevantis.de/asin/0674251555.htm

Online-Shopping DVD Elektronik Foto ... Zeitschriften Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind Autoren: Wilfred (formerly Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, USA) Sellars Robert Brandom Verlag: Harvard University Press Verfügbarkeit: Versandfertig in 24 Stunden. Kundenbewertung: 4 von 5 ( 3 Bewertungen ) Unser Preis: EUR 18,79 Bewertungen und Kommentare: Bewertung: 5 von 5 klassiker der analytischen erkenntnistheorie Bewertung: 5 von 5 deep, difficult, essential "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" is an essential epistemological text of the twentieth century. It is difficult: each sentence is difficult. Sellars is said to have shown the existence of a private language by writing in one. The guide by Brandom does not much clarify and simplify the argument of Sellars for two reasons. It is impossible to do this. And Brandom wants to and does contribute significantly to Sellars scholarship. Sellars writes for the professional philosopher. If you plan to be such, or if you want to encounter philosophy at its most profound, you should study the book. Bewertung: 2 von 5 A difficult, controversial work in philosophy

84. Modern Western Civ. 8: Rebirth Of Philosophy F. empiricism Summary. empiricism did cause philosophical problems,but its approach tended to be concrete. Despite Hume, people http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/lect/mod08.html

[Back to Modern Europe Syllabus Paul Halsall Modern Western Civilization Class 8: The Rebirth of Philosophy I. Introduction In building up to our consideration of the Enlightenment we have spent some time looking at the Scientific Revolution, and the intellectual creativity it encompassed. Philosophy - another sort of intellectual adventure. - no clear direction before Descartes. Descartes and Bacon had a purely philosophical impact as well as their work on scientific method. We will also discuss Locke in this class as a philosopher. II. The Rationalist Tradition Tends to try to construct a world system from a priori reasoning - as opposed to bits and pieces observation. RATIONALISM in this case is not just being reasonable, it is making Reason everything. a. Biography French. 1628 - moved to Holland where he lived most of his life. 1649 - moved to Stockholm to visit Queen Christina -the weather killed him His aim was to try build knowledge from scratch The Myth: 1619 closeted in a stone heated room in Bavaria he made his decision b. Main Works

85. Untitled CRIB SHEET. empiricism and Rationalism. Elements of the philosophy of Newton1738; Candide 1759; Dictionnaire Philosophique 1764; Ecrasez L infame. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/EMP_RAT.html

[Back to Modern History Sourcebook MODERN HISTORY SOURCEBOOK CRIB SHEET Empiricism and Rationalism [Note: Crib Sheets are meant as review aids for a particular period/theme. They are not complete overviews!] The Rationalist Tradition Rene Descartes 1591-1650 Discourse on Method Meditationes de Prima Philosophia 1641 (Meditations) Principia Philosophiae 1644 (Principles) Cogito ergo sum I think therefore I am sum res cogitans - I am a being that thinks Baruch(Benedictus) Spinoza 1632-77 Tractatus Theologico-Politicus Ethics Pantheism/Panentheism Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) The Empiricist Tradition Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Novum Organum Theory of Induction Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 Leviathan John Locke 1632-1704 An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Two Treatises of Civil Government A Letter Concerning Toleration innate ideas tabula rasa Bishop George Berkley 1685-1753 David Hume 1711-1761 Treatise on Human Nature An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Opposes logic of induction Immanual Kant 1724-1804 Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Practical Reason Categorical imperative "

86. Phenomenology, Relation Philosophy, Empiricism, Non Religious Existentialism, Re Phenomenology, Relation philosophy, empiricism, Non religious Existentialism,Religious Existentialism Gestalt Therapy (O Neill http://www.behavior.net/forums/archives/gestalt/1998/1_5-42.htm

Phenomenology, Relation Philosophy, Empiricism, Non religious Existentialism, Religious Existentialism... Gestalt Therapy (O'Neill) Mission Statement by Brian O'Neill, 10/31/96 To be or not to be....eh? by Gunter O. Swoboda, 11/23/96 Phenomenology, Relation Philosophy, Empiricism, Non religious Existentialism, Religious Existentialism... by Afonso H Lisboa da Fonseca, 2/28/97 I like the statements of coleagues that enphsize experience, although I think also, as they agree I think, that we're BEYOND the time in which just experience is enough. In the teoretical level, we need to define what experience other in its difference and autonomy. To value the difference of the otherness of the other is fundamental, and to value it as a phenomenological private self, particularly for itself, also. I think we can't do this from an empiricist approach... The life philosophy, which is implicit in GT is clearly existential and dialogic, and this is fundamental. The radical recognizing of the innocence of life and of the body. And the deep respect for the affirmation of life in its spontaneity, includig when it is suffering. This is I think basic in GT. Also I think we need to clarify the good and balanced interaction between phenomenology, existentialism and pragmatism. The pragmatic perspective was and seems to be fundamental: if it can avoid to be transformed in row empiricism... No Replies

87. Philosophy And Monty Python Two Dogmas of empiricism, in From a Logical Point of View (Cambridge, Ma. HarvardUniversity Press, 1951). There are a few exceptionsphilosophers who have http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ebarnes/python/python.htm

Themes in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy as Reflected in the Work of Monty Python Gary L. Hardcastle Department of Philosophy University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI U.S.A. [The talk below was written in response to a request from the Philosophy Club at Virginia Tech, and has been delivered there three times in the last few years. Comments from Python fans, philosophers, interested bystanders, raving loonies, and any combination of the above are welcomed! Email me! My aim in this talk is to present a comprehensive overview of each and every one of the main themes endured by analytic philosophy in the last sixty years or so, and to argue the bold historical claim that the whole lot is well represented-indeed, often best represented-in the work of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, collectively and henceforth referred to as "Monty Python." Since I have all of fifty minutes to make my case, I expect we'll have time for a song at the end. So let's get to it. Analytic philosophy has spent the last seventy years engaged in two successive revolts. If you didn't know this, don't feel bad-philosophers engaged in revolt look pretty much exactly like philosophers not engaged in revolt. They go to the office, teach introduction to philosophy, make a few phone calls, have office hours, work on a rough draft, and head home. There's no storming of the parliament building, ripping up of city streets, or lobbing of Molotov cocktails for your revolting philosopher, or, I should say, the philosopher in revolt.

88. 71C5 Rationalism And Empiricism Department of philosophy Autumn 2002. 71C5 Rationalism and empiricism.This core unit deals with central issues in metaphysics and http://www.stir.ac.uk/departments/arts/philosophy/students_ug/courses/71C5.html

Department of Philosophy Autumn 2002 71C5 Rationalism and Empiricism This core unit deals with central issues in metaphysics and the theory of knowledge through a study of selected major works in the early modern (17th and 18th century) history of philosophy. The chosen texts are Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding . Many of the problems first systematically explored in these works remain at the heart of philosophy, and the solutions to those problems proposed by Descartes and Locke still set the scene for contemporary discussion of them. For this reason the unit provides essential background to advanced work in philosophy. Outcomes * To develop understanding of such central topics as: the certainty and basis of knowledge; the possibility of establishing substantial truths about the world without recourse to observation; the objectivity of both everyday and scientific descriptions of the world; the nature of mind and the self. * To develop the abilities involved in the close study and criticism of historical texts. * By means of this specific programme, the unit further aims to improve critical reading, critical thinking, and oral communication skills through the seminar discussion and essay writing processes. (Refer to Section B of the Student Handbook for more details.)

89. Upcoming Lectures - Department Of Philosophy - University Of Utah Clarifying the contrast between the philosophical methods of Moore and Russellhelps in bringing out the presuppositions of empiricism Lite. http://www.hum.utah.edu/philosophy/news/colloquium - 0304.htm

home people programs courses ... news Colloquium Enrichment Schedule (2003-2004 Academic Year): September 19 , Friday, 3:30 pm: Speaker : Valerie Tiberius (University of Minnesota) Paper : "“How’s It Going?:" Judgments of Overall Life-Satisfaction and Philosophical Theories of Well-Being" Location : Tanner Library - 334 Orson Spencer Hall October 10 , Friday, 3:00 pm: Speaker : Alan Nelson (University of California, Irvine) Paper : "Empiricism Lite and Traditional Rationalism" Location : Tanner Library - 334 Orson Spencer Hall October 17 , Friday, 12:00 noon: Speaker : Peter French (Arizona State University) Keynote Speaker for Western Humanities Review Paper : "Inference Gaps in Moral Assessment: The Jefferson Paradox " Location : Tanner Library - 334 Orson Spencer Hall October 31 , Friday, 3:30 pm: Speaker : John McFarlane (University of California, Berkeley) Paper : "Epistemic Modalities and Relative Truth" Location : Tanner Library - 334 Orson Spencer Hall February 18 , Wednesday, 3:30 pm: Speaker : Margaret Battin(University of Utah) Paper : "Two or Three Things I've Been Thinking About"

90. An Essay On Philosophy By Blupete. Leibniz was a dualist, so was Plato. Some would restrict dualism to the philosophyof Kant, representing a bridge between empirical and rationalist views. http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/BluePete/Phil.htm

Philosophy. By Peter Landry. ". . . That is a narrow way of putting it [misery dissolved in thought]: there is no subject to which man can more fitly give his attention, for it deals with the greatest problems that confront his soul, value, God, immortality and the meaning of life." W. Somerset Maugham TOC A Short Note: Quotes: Glossary. [UP] A Short Note On Philosophy. Boswell describes, in his biography of the English lexicographer, where Dr. Johnson , after a forty year absence meets an old class-fellow, Oliver Edwards. They had met by chance in the street. Edwards was at the time of the meeting living on a little farm of about sixty acres, seemingly, quite happy, from season to season, to see his grass, his corn, and his trees growing. He addressed his illustrious friend: "You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too, in my time, to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in." Then there is the story of David Hume , who, when he began to be known in the world as a philosopher, was admonished by a Mr. White, a decent rich merchant of London: "I am surprised, Mr. Hume, that a man of your good sense should think of being a philosopher. Why, I did take it into my head to be a philosopher for some time, but tired of it most confoundedly, and very soon gave it up." "Pray, sir", said Mr. Hume, "in what branch of philosophy did you employ your researches? What books did you read? "Books?" said Mr. White; "nay sir, I read no books, but I used to sit whole forenoons a-yawning and poking the fire."

91. Empiricism A short essay defining empiricism and its history in ancient Greece, Chinese and Japanese NeoConfucianism, and as the basis of Enlightenment science. This http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/EMPIRIC.HTM

Ancient Greece Aristotle Plato Pre-Socratic Philosophy Italian Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance Reader Leonardo da Vinci The Painter to be repeated in exactly the same way. In this way, experience can be shared, that is, others can verify the truth of the experience by repeating it. Enlightenment Glossary Classical Mechanics Chinese Philosophy Neo-Confucianism li which emanated from the Great Ultimate tao ch'i that principle operating through the material force ch'i explained all phenomena. Humans could understand that principle by studying anything for the human mind is perfectly identical with the Universal Mind or Universal Principle; however, this principle inhered in all things: one's mind, biology, politics, or whatever. Careful empirical study of a particular phenomenon would to the discerning mind reveal the principle at work in the universe. The result of this was a rapid growth in scientific knowledge in China as well as dramatic inventions, but unlike Aristotle and the European Enlightenment, knowledge of the world was seen as integral and coherent rather than divided into separate endeavors. Richard Hooker Current entries . . .

92. Glossary Of Terms: Em Terms. Em. empiricism. knowledge. This is why, historically, empiricismcould not answer the critique of Rationalism and fell into scepticism. http://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/e/m.htm

MIA Encyclopedia of Marxism : Glossary of Terms Em Empiricism Doctrine that sense experience is the sole source of knowledge. Empiricism originated in England in the seventeenth century with Bacon Hobbes and Locke , when it was a materialist Rationalist critique of Empiricism, and particularly the idealist critique of Berkeley forced empiricism to the scepticism of Hume : experience was the only source of knowledge, but could not give us "certain knowledge". For example, we may know that the Sun has always risen in the East, and this may be good enough for practical purposes, but Hume explained that we cannot know for certain that the Sun will rise in the East tommorow. Empiricism is characterised, on the one hand, by an uncritical attitude towards the categories through which Experience is grasped, and on the other by rejection of the significance of Reason in acquiring knowledge. This is why, historically, Empiricism could not answer the critique of Rationalism and fell into scepticism . Experience does not by itself give necessary and universal knowledge. Experience must be supplemented by the activity of Reason. The chief defect of Empiricism is that it views experience passively , whereas in order to retain a consistent materialist understanding of experience it is necessary to recognise that it is the practical activity of people changing the world which is the condition and source of knowledge. Further, knowledge only arises in and through definite social relations, through which people produce the forms of activity under which experience can be grasped; but for Empricism, experience is not a social activity, but simply a passive, sensual process.

93. PHIL 3313 19th & 20th Century Philosophy Sellars, Lewis, “A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori”; Sellars, Empiricismand philosophy of Mind, sections 13; Austin, Sense and Sensibilia, chaps. 1-2. http://www.pragmatism.org/shook/19th&20thCentury/19th&20th_S01.htm

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Spring 2001 Professor John Shook Description This course discusses major philosophical issues and figures in Western Philosophy from Hegel onwards. The central topics of this course are in logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. Objectives The 19 th and 20 th th century, played out in the contest over “psychologism” by Lotze, Wundt, Frege, and Husserl. Third, how Moore, Russell and (early) Wittgenstein made use of logical and analytical techniques to argue against idealism, setting in place the characteristic methods of "analytic philosophy." Fourth, the pragmatist revolt against both absolute idealism and analytic realism. Fifth, the appropriation of classical epistemological issues into the analytic tradition by the logical positivists and empiricists, including Ayer, Schlick, Neurath, Carnap, and Hempel. This will lead, sixth, to a study of some major contributions to the analytic tradition found in the work of Lewis, Sellars, Austin, Quine, Davidson, Putnam, and Hare. Required Texts J. Lindberg, ed.

94. Empiricism - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (See John Locke s Tabula rasa or blank slate theory.) empiricism is closelyallied with (philosophical) materialism and positivism and opposed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism

Empiricism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Empiricism is the school of Epistemology (in philosophy or psychology ) that all knowledge is the result of our experiences. (See John Locke 's Tabula rasa or "blank slate" theory.) Empiricism is closely allied with (philosophical) materialism and positivism and opposed to intuitionism or continental rationalism , though it is in line with modern rationalism Empiricism is generally regarded as being at the heart of the modern scientific method , that our theories should be based on our observations of the world rather than on intuition or faith ; that is, empirical research inductive reasoning and deductive logic Names associated with empiricism include Aristotle Francis Bacon John Locke George Berkeley , and David Hume edit See also continental rationalism (modern) rationalism Philosophy of science Views Article Discussion Edit History Personal tools Log in Navigation Main Page Community portal Current events Recent changes ... Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Special pages Other languages Deutsch Esperanto Polski This page was last modified 23:21, 7 May 2004.

95. U.S. Politics Online Archives: Philosophy That some parts of it may be already valid or verified beyond dispute, the empiricalphilosopher, of course, like any one else, may always hope. VI. http://uspoliticsonline.com/philosophy/james-essays-136.html

U.S. Politics Online Archives ENTER THE U.S. POLITICS ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM Note: Due to the requirements for redistribution of this text by some of the sources, the original source from which I obtained the text at times will not be disclosed. If you would like information with respect to where I obtained the text then please send me an e-mail: archives@uspoliticsonline.com . Such sources are not liable in any way for the text here. I would simply provide you with information where you can find the original text of the document, which may or may not be identical to what you see here. I have made every attempt to comply with the wishes of the sources of these documents. If an error is found with respect to such compliance then please bring it to my attention immediately so the matter can be resolved. Also, if you are the person responsible for converting the text to the electronic format and would like credit for your work in the document, please e-mail me and I would be more than happy to comply. Due to my conversion of these text documents into the html format and the possibility for errors to occur in said conversion, I did not want to inadvertently attribute such errors to you. Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James Founder of Pragmatism [Table of Contents] vii VOLUME I. ESSAYS IN RADICAL EMPIRICISM

96. PCC - Philosophy, Cosmology & Consciousness It is alsoas it is the purpose of this article to show-a call to a thoroughgoingempiricism, a method of philosophy that can significantly advance the http://www.ciis.edu/pcc/FACULTY/williamjamesandsteiner.htm

William James and Rudolf Steiner by Robert A. McDermott This article discusses the philosophical method of William James (1842-1910) in relation to the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). James's religious thought is most explicitly developed in his Varieties of Religious Experience ([1902]1985); Steiner's spiritual science includes his spiritual epistemology and his presentation of the evolution of consciousness. Steiner's spiritual science is developed in his first two philosophical works, Truth and Knowledge (1892) and Philosophy of Freedom (1894) and his three foundational works: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment Theosophy (1904), and Occult Science-An Outline (1909). James and Steiner lived barely a generation apart and wrote their major philosophical works during the same two decades before and after the turn of the century. It is almost certain that James was unfamiliar with Steiner's writings, and Steiner's only reference to James shows that he knew only James's Pragmatism and the Meaning of Truth ([1907] 1975) and The Will to Believe ([1897] 1979). It falls to us to arrange this dialogue on their behalf.

97. The Enlightenment By Roger Jones important philosophers ever. A major figure of the Enlightenment he triedcombine both rational and empirical strands in his philosophy. http://www.philosopher.org.uk/enl.htm

The Enlightenment The characteristics of the Enlightenment are a scepticism towards the doctrines of the church, individualism, a belief in science and the experimental method, the use of reason, that education could be a catalyst of social change and the demand for political representation. Its main social and political consequence was the French revolution. The core period of the Enlightenment was second half of the eighteenth century. The thinkers associated with the Enlightenment include d'Holbach (1723-89) and the Encyclopedists in France, David Hume (1711-76) in Scotland and Kant in Germany. To understand the Enlightenment we have to look at what preceded it. The battle of ideas that was to culminate in the Enlightenment began in the seventeenth century. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) advocated the use of scientific method and René Descartes (1596-1650) proposed a critical rationalism . The Enlightenment can be understood as the culmination of the move away from the authority and dogmatism of the mediaeval and the awakening of modernity. Medieval philosophy combined Christian beliefs with the ideas of Plato and Aristotle. In the medieval world philosophers respected their predecessors and accepted their methods. If a new discovery about nature contradicted one of Aristotle's principles, for example, it would probably have been assumed that it was the discovery that was in error.

98. Modern Philosophy After Kant Although preKantian modern philosophy is easily (perhaps too easily) organized asa debate between Rationalists and Empiricists, modern philosophy after Kant http://www.friesian.com/hist-3.htm

Modern Philosophy after Kant Although pre-Kantian modern philosophy is easily (perhaps too easily) organized as a debate between Rationalists and Empiricists, modern philosophy after Kant presents a much greater tangle of influences. The Flow Chart of Modern Philosophy after Kant below attempts to produce some kind of organization and representation of schools and influences. Note that the Continental tradition spreads out into a least four major trends, which then begin to overlap with each other and, ultimately, with Anglo-American schools. The Anglo-American tradition, succeeding British Empiricism, exhibits relatively contentless and sterile doctrines, like "Pragmatism," then begins to adopt similar doctrines from the Continent, consistent with a native Scientism, like Logicism, Logical Positivism, and Linguistic Analysis, and then finally succumbs to a withering blast of Continental Nihilism from Existentialism and Deconstruction. A small Analytic remnant (people like Searle) is thus faced with a tide of skepticism, irrationalism, and obscurantism in a combined Anglo-American-Continental school of "Post-Modernism" no attempt is made to comprehensively list representatives of this popular but miserable movement. The basic inspiration of this chart is the chart in Will Durant's The Story of Philosophy [Simon and Schuster, 1933, pp. 80-81]. Durant's version spans the whole history of Western philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to his own day. For much of the history of Western Philosophy it is a gravely deficient representation. Durant includes only

99. History Of Ideas: Positivism, Neo-positivism, Pragmatism, Radical Empiricism Dublin City University lecture on the empiricist tradition in 19th and20th century philosophy (downsized multimedia slides). Back to http://www.comms.dcu.ie/sheehanh/philosophy/positivism.htm

HISTORY OF IDEAS WORLD VIEWS taught by Dr Helena Sheehan in School of Communications at Dublin City University lecture on the empiricist tradition in 19th and 20th century philosophy (downsized multimedia slides) Back to index page for history of ideas lecture timetable Back to index page for world views lecture timetable Back to index page for critical perspectives on science lecture timetable E-mail: helena.sheehan@dcu.ie

100. Homi Bhabha Centre For Science Education PLAN OF LECTURES. Logical Positivism as a form of empiricism Philosophicalbackground The British empiricists from Locke to Mill. http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/Objects/cont_phil

TOWARDS EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE Staff Publications Graduate School Activities ... Genesis www www.hbcse.tifr.res.in Contemporary Philosophy of Science Venue: Semester: Credit Points: Academic year: Course Co-ordinator: K. Subramaniam and G. Nagarjuna PLAN OF LECTURES Logical Positivism as a form of empiricism : Philosophical background - The British empiricists from Locke to Mill. The Empiricist Criterion of Meaning,, Basics of propositional and predicate logic, notion of a formal language. (2 lectures - KS) The downfall of Logical Positivism, Realism and (Kuhnian) world-view philosophy of science as alternative, Suppe's assessment of 1977. (2lectures - KS) Realism : Positions and issues - Putnam, McMullin, Shapere, Boyd - (3lectures - KS) A new version of empiricism - Van Fraasen. (2 lectures - GN) Reduction and Reductionism in science. Case studies from biology (2lectures - GN) The role of experiments in science - A realist view - Ian Hacking. (1lecture - KS) Sociological studies of science - Merton, Kuhn, the `strong program',Latour, Steve Fuller. (4 lectures - KS) Total : 16 lectures The lectures will be held on thursdays from 11-30 am to 1-30 pm. Venue:HBCSE, Room 222. The lectures will start from 7th September, 1995 and end on 4th Jan 1996. Exceptions, i.e., lectures not falling on Thursdays are listed below :

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