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WEEK 1
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| 9/29 |
Hacking,"Experiment"; Duhem, "Physical Theory and Experiment" |
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WEEK 2
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| 10/4 |
Hacking,"Microscopes"; Van Fraassen, "Arguments Concerning Scientific
Realism" |
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| 10/6 |
Churchland,"The Ontological Status of Observables" |
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WEEK 3
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| 10/11 |
Shapere,"The Concept of Observation in Science and Philosophy" |
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10/13
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Mckinney, "Experimenting on and Experimenting with..."
Van Brakel, "Polywater and Experimental Realism" |
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WEEK 4
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| 10/18 |
Hanson,"Observation" |
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| 10/20 |
Hoffman, Visual Intelligence, chapters 1, 3, 6 |
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WEEK 5
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10/25
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Bogen and Woodward, "Saving the Phenomena", pp.302-326 |
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10/27
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Bogen and Woodward, pp.326-352 |
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WEEK 6
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11/1
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Carnap, "The Experimental Method",
"Three Kinds of Concepts in Science",
"The Measurement of Quantitative Concepts" |
***ESSAY 1 DUE***
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11/3
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Carnap, "Extensive Magnitudes", "Time", "Length" |
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WEEK 7
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11/8
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Churchman, "Postulates of Experimental Method",
Popper, "On the Problem of a Theory of Scientific Method" |
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11/10
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Popper, "Falsifiability" |
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WEEK 8
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11/15
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Popper, "The Problem of the Empirical Basis" |
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11/17
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Mayo, chapter 1: "Learning From Error" [Mayo, chapter 6:
"Severe Tests and Methodological Underdetermination"] |
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WEEK 9
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11/22
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Kyburg, "The Confirmation of Quantitative Laws" |
***ESSAY 2 DUE***
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WEEK 10
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11/29
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Urbach, "Randomization and the Design of Experiments",
O. Mayo, "Comments on 'Randomization...'" |
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12/1
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Collins, chap. 2 "The Idea of Replication" & chap. 3 "Replicating
the TEA-Laser" |
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WEEK 11
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12/6
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Collins, chap. 4 "Detecting Gravitational Radiation" |
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12/8
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Radder, "Experimental Reproducibility and the Experimenters' Regress"
(time permitting); Wrap-Up |
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WEEK 12
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12/15
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EXAM WEEK |
***ESSAY 3 DUE***
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