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Philosophy 360 / History 393
History and Philosophy of Science
Bence
Nanay
Spring
2009
Announcements and paper topics
Announcements
12/01/09: Reminder: The
final research paper is due on Thursday in class. Important: Late papers get
one grade knocked off every 24 hours.
11/26/09: If you are
writing on the Lakatos/rational reconstruction topic, you may find it useful to
look at this paper by Lakatos.
11/26/09: I will have
extended Office hours next week: 10-11am and 1.45-2.45pm, at Ike’s Cafe.
11/19/09: The paper topics
for the final research paper are posted here.
11/12/09: My Office
hours next week will be held in Ike’s Cafe.
11/12/09:
11/5/09: My Office
hours next week will be held in Ike’s Cafe.
10/29/09: Readings for
next week: you only have to read the ‘Neo-Darwinism’ and the ‘Evolutionary
Synthesis’ sections of Chapter 12 and the ‘Natural selection’ and the
‘Unresolved issues in natural selection’ sections of Chapter 13.
10/20/09: The
clarification I promised in class today: We will provide the midterm booklet
for Thursday. Good luck!!
10/15/09: No new
reading assignment for next week as we’ll be all focused on the midterm.
10/15/09: I have
extended Office hours next week: Tue 10-11am and Tue 2-3 pm, in Ike’s Cafe.
10/1/09: It will be
announced on Tuesday (by Alirio, the TA) when and where the office hours will
take place next week.
9/24/09: My Office
hours next week will also be held in Ike’s Cafe. But I’m looking for something
better.
9/24/09: You can skip
section 7.3 and section 7.7 from the readings for next week.
9/17/09: My Office
hours next week will be held in Ike’s Cafe.
6/01/09: The (more or
less) final syllabus is above.
You may want to take a look at my guidelines for writing a philosophy paper, which is posted on the Lecture Notes and Handouts website.