Mar 29 |
Introductions |
Topic 1: Introduction to the philosophy
of science |
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Mar 31 |
Philosophy of Social
Science, pp. 1- top
of 10 |
Apr 2
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"The Received View" Hempel |
Apr
5 |
The
role of laws in scientific explanation Hempel2 |
Apr 7 |
Observations and theories Hanson |
Apr 9 |
Normal science Kuhn1 |
Apr 12 |
Kuhn continued Kuhn2 |
Apr 14 |
Philosophy of Social
Science, pp. 10-15 |
Apr 16 |
Wylie, "Philosophical Interlude," pp.
33 to top of 37 |
Topic 2: Introduction to the philosophy
of archaeology |
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Apr 19 |
Wylie, Preface and "Philosophy from
the Ground Up" (pp. 1 to top of 9) |
Apr 21 |
Sociology of Scientific Knowledge SSK |
Apr 23 |
Naturalism Quine
Quine2 |
Apr 26 |
Wylie, "Philosophy from the Ground Up"
(top of p. 9 to near bottom of 15) |
Apr 28 |
Wylie, "Philosophy from the Ground Up"
(bottom of 15 -24) |
Apr 30 |
Scientific revolutions according to
Kuhn Kuhn3 |
May 3 |
A revolution in archaeology? Wylie,
pp. 25-32 |
May 5 |
Wylie, pp. 37-41 and pp. 67-77 |
May
7 |
Realism
vs. social constructivism, Wylie, pp. 42-56 |
May
10 |
Positivism
and The New Archaeology , Wylie pp. 78-86 |
May 12 |
no new reading (do reading questions
via link on course web page) |
Topic 3: Empiricism vs. realism |
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May 14 |
Mayan culture
Jamestown
American
isolationism |
May 12 |
Realism and anit-realism, Wylie pp. 97-105 |
May 14 |
Postivist vs. Kuhnian accounts, Wylie,
pp. 115-126 |
May 17 |
Historical reconstructions and the use
of analogy, Wylie, pp. 136-153 |
May 19 |
Critical theory and archaeology, Wylie,
pp. 154-167 |
May 21 |
Enlightened empiricism? Wylie, pp. 161-167 |
May 24 |
False dichotomies, Wylie, pp. 169-178 |
May 26 |
Foundations or bootstrapping? Wylie,
179-184 |
Topic 4: Additional issues |
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May 28 |
Politics and science: Wylie, pp. 185-199 |
May 31 |
No class |
June 2 |
The unity of science, Wylie pp. 200-210 |
Jun 4 |
Ethics and archaeology: Wylie, pp.
229-246 |