What is good science: to do
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- http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/science/index.html
- http://www.ephilosopher.com/news.php?item.1127.7
- http://plato.stanford.edu/
Overview of readings
Week 1 - Lecture
- No 'core' readings
Week 2 - Tutorial
- Hempel, C.F., (1994). The Function of General Laws in History. In M. Martin & L. C. McIntyre, Readings in the philosophy of historical science (pp. 43-53). Cambridge: MIT Press
- Popper, K.R. (1980). A Survey of some fundamental problems. In idem, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (pp. 27-48). London: Hutchinson
Week 3 - Lecture
- Cartwright, N.D. (2008). Evidence for Evidence-Based Policy. Talk at a Home Office Seminar on Criminology and Evidence-Based Policy, 10th June 2008
Week 4 - Tutorial
- Oreskes, N., & Conway, E. (In Press). Challenging Knowledge: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War.
- Oreskes, N. (2004). Science and Public Policy: What's got proof to do with it? Environmental Science & Policy 7, pp. 369-383
- Cartwright, N.D. (2008). Evidence for Evidence-Based Policy. Talk at a Home Office Seminar on Criminology and Evidence-Based Policy, 10th June 2008
Week 5 - Tutorial: Science and Understanding Human Actions
- Geertz, C. (1994). Thick Description: Towards an Interpretive Theory of Culture. In M. Martin & L. C. McIntyre, Readings in the philosophy of social science.' Cambridge: MIT Press
- Winch, P. (1990). The Nature of Meaningful Behaviour. In idem, The idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy (pp. 40-65). London: Routledge.
Week 6 - Tutorial: Science as an Artefact
- Kuhn, T. S. (1970). Anomaly and the Emergence of Scientific Discoveries. In idem, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (pp. 52-76). Chicago: Chicago University Press.
* Hacking, I. (1999). Why ask What? In idem, The Social Construction of of What? (pp. 1-34). Havard University Press
Week 7 - Tutorial: Science and Scientific Practice
- Latour, B. (1987). Opening Pandora's Black Box. In idem, Science in Action. How to follow scientists and engineers through society (pp. 1-17). Milton Keynes: Open University Press
* Dewey, J. (2006). Quest for Certainty - A Study of the Relation of Knowledge and Action. CHapter 1 ("Escape from Peril"). Abridged version in Susan Haack, Pragmatism Old and New (pp. 391-394). New York: Prometheus.*
- R. Talisse : "On Dewey" Chapters 3&4
- Dewey "the practical character of reality"
Week 8 - Tutorial: Objectivity and Values
- Taylor, Ch. (1994). Neutrality in Political Science. In M. Martin & L. C. MyIntyre, Readings in the philosophy of social science. Cambridge: MIT Press
- Nagel, E. (1994). The Value-Oriented Bias of Social Inquiry. In M. Martin & L. C. MyIntyre, Readings in the philosophy of social science (pp. 571-584)). Cambridge: MIT Press
* This reading was changed during the course.
