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.

Cover, Curd - Philosophy of science_The central issues.pdf

Alex Rosenberg - Philosophy of Science_A Contemporary Introduction.pdf

Handout October 22.pdf

New Reading and Handout for Tuesday October 29:

Baker - Are there genuine mathematical explanations of physical phenomena.pdf

Mathematical Explanation (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).pdf

Handout October 29.pdf

New Readings and Handout for Tuesday November 5 (Guest Lecture by Professor Tomasz Bigaj):

Handout November 5.pdf

Sklar - Philosophy and Foundations of Dynamics.pdf

Russell - On the notion of cause, with applications to the free-will problem.pdf

Frisch - Causal Reasoning in Physics.pdf

New Readings and Handout for Tuesday November 12:

Handout November 12.pdf

Salmon - Four decades of scientific explanation.pdf

Slides concerning Mathematical explanations and van Fraassen's pragmatic approach: 

Slides_Oldofredi_October_29.pdf

Oldofredi_Slides_November_12.pdf

Students' presence table Module 2:

Students Presence Module 2.pdf

Anexos