Prerequisites: graduate standing
Description: Topics discussed include understanding scientific objectivity in the light of the history and sociology of science; realism and antirealism about scientific theo- ries; scientific methodology and its logic; and the nature of scientific explanation. Students who com- plete all writing assignments, including a term paper, receive a letter grade; other students receive a
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Credit is awarded for only one of PHIL 137 or PHIL 237.