Philosophy of the Sciences
PHIL 2130
Dan Marshall
Semester I 2011-2012
Philosophy of the Sciences
Seminar1 - Hume's Problem 1
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The Problem of Induction - Richard Feldman (pdf file)
Seminar2 - Hume's Problem 2
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Hume - Stroud (pdf file)
Choice and Chance - Skyrms (pdf file)
Seminar3 - Confirmation and The Ravens Paradox 1
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Why I'm Not a Bayesian - Glymour (pdf file)
Wittgensteinian Bayesianism - Horwich (pdf file)
Seminar4 - Confirmation and The Ravens Paradox 2(pdf file)
Subjective and Objective Confirmation - Mayer (pdf file)
Choice and Chance - Skyrms (pdf file)
Commentary on Confirmation and Relevance - Cover and Curd (pdf file)
Essay 1
The Grue Paradox (pdf file)
Grue - Jackson (pdf file)
Explanation 1 (pdf file)
Commentry on Explanation - Curd and Cover (pdf file)
Two Basic Types of Scientific Explanation - Hempel (pdf file)
The Thesis of Structural Identity - Hempel (pdf file)
Inductive Statistical Explanation - Hempel (pdf file)
A Deductive Nomological Model of Probabilistic Explanation - Railton (pdf file)
Arguments Laws and Explanation - Ruben (pdf file)
Seminar 8 - Explanation 2 (pdf file)
Seminar 9 - Scientific Realism (pdf file)
Constructive Empiricism - Van Frassen (pdf file)
Realism Versus Constructive Empiricism - Musgrave (pdf file)
Realism and Anti-realism - Okasha (pdf file)
A Confutation of Convergent Realism 2 - Laudan (pdf file)
Essay 2
Feldman on Perceptual Skepticism (pdf file)
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