PHIL 220

Introduction to Philosophy of Science

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

The epistemological and ethical issues concerning science as a method of gaining knowledge about the world. Epistemological issues may include the distinction between science and non-science, the logic of explanation and the logic of confirmation. Ethical issues may include the ethics of experimentation with humans, animals, or the environment, the social consequences of scientific knowledge or technology and the community control of research.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 220, 222A, 222B.

Undergraduate course in Philosophy offered by the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities.