| NFYD83 | Philosophy of Science, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Vetenskapsteori/ |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: The course will give an introduction to problems, methods and traditions within the philosophy of science in general and present an overview of important philosophical problems in physics. The aim is to deepen the understanding of research in the physical science. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Participation in NFYC58 Quanum Mechanics and Molecular Physics (or equivalent) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Lectures and seminars of discussion. The course is given during period 2. |
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| Course contents: The concept of science: The belief-knowledge, science-technology and science-pseudoscience distinctions. History of science: Greek physics, the scientific revolution. Methodology: Rationalism, empiricism, conventionalism and falsificationism. Important problems in the philosophy of science: Observation, induction, hypothetical-deductive method, scientific explanations and rationality. Philosophical problems of special interest within quantum mechanics and relativity: Different interpretations of quantum mechanics, the problem of measurement, realism versus idealism, geometrical conventionalism, absolute movement, the concepts of space and time. |
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| Course literature: A.F. Chalmers: What is this thing called Science?, The Open Univ Press 1990 L. Sklar: Philosophy of Physics, Oxford UP 1992. |
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| A written examination |
5 p |
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Course language is swedish. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Ingemar Nordin Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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