Dear Students,
In this page you will find the handouts for the lectures of module 2, beginning next Tuesday October 22. Each handout illustrates the general plan of each session and what readings are required for each seminar.
In addition, below you will find the texts that we will be using during our module. This section will be weekly updated.
New Readings and Handout for Tuesday, October 29:
New Readings and Handout for Tuesday, November 5 (Guest Lecture by Professor Tomasz Bigaj):
New Readings and Handout for Tuesday, November 12:
Slides concerning Mathematical explanations and van Fraassen's pragmatic approach:
Students' presence table Module 2:
Anexos
- Handout October 22.pdf
- Alex Rosenberg - Philosophy of Science_A Contemporary Introduction.pdf
- Cover, Curd - Philosophy of science_The central issues.pdf
- Mathematical Explanation (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).pdf
- Handout October 29.pdf
- Baker - Are there genuine mathematical explanations of physical phenomena.pdf
- Frisch - Causal Reasoning in Physics.pdf
- Russell - On the notion of cause, with applications to the free-will problem.pdf
- Sklar - Philosophy and Foundations of Dynamics.pdf
- Handout November 5.pdf
- Handout November 12.pdf
- 13_4Salmon.pdf
- Slides_Oldofredi_October_29.pdf
- Oldofredi_Slides_November_12.pdf
- Students Presence Module 2.pdf