The Philosophy of Science
In The Philosophy of Science, an eight-hour course, Dr. James Orr traces the development of science from ancient Greece through the Scientific Revolution to today. He examines how theological, institutional, and philosophical forces shaped science, while tackling key issues like the demarcation problem of science versus pseudoscience, Hume’s problem of induction, Kuhn’s theory of paradigm shifts, and the realism debate. The course also engages fascinating unresolved questions raised by cosmology, neuroscience, and quantum mechanics, ultimately arguing that scientific progress does not eliminate philosophical inquiry but rather deepens it, revealing new mysteries that demand philosophical analysis.
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In our introductory lecture, we explore the philosophy of science by examining the extraordinary dominance that science has achieved in contemporary c...
In lecture two, Dr. Orr considers the Needham question, which asks why the scientific revolution emerged in medieval Europe rather than in more techno...
In lecture three, we study the scientific revolution through six figures: Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Bacon, and Newton. We challenge the...
In lecture four, we explore the historical transition from natural philosophy to modern science during the 19th and 20th centuries, examining how the...
In lecture five, we analyze two key challenges in philosophy of science. First, the demarcation problem: distinguishing genuine science from pseudosci...
In lecture six, we discuss how science changes and whether it makes progress. We examine Thomas Kuhn's paradigm shift theory, suggesting science repla...
In lecture seven, we examine three fundamental concepts in philosophy of science: laws of nature, causation, and scientific explanation. We explore co...
In our eighth and final lecture, we investigate four key areas where scientific advances have generated profound philosophical questions. We delve int...
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