HPS 154:
The History of Scientific Methods, Pythagoras to Popper (PHIL 163H)
History of scientific methods and associated science from ancient Greece to the 20th century. Case studies include Pythagoras, Plato, and Euclid; Aristotle; medieval science; scientific Renaissance of the 1540s; methodological clashes involving the Church, Galileo, Bacon, and Descartes; Newton; Faraday; Darwin; rise of statistical methods; beginnings of modern physics; Popper. The mutual influences of method and practice. What does and does not qualify as science. Recommended: background in history, philosophy, or a technical field such as mathematics, science, or engineering.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum