Please note that this is a preliminary schedule, more detailed information will be sent by email before start of course. If not stated otherwise in the schedule the location is lecture room William-Olsson in Y-building, Frescati.

Schedule

  • 2024-01-16 15:00-18:00

    • Introduction to the course – Alasdair Skelton
    • Overview of the Philosophy of Science – Staffan Bergwik

  • 2024-01-17 15:00-18:00

    • Hypothesis box (experiment) and reflection (lecture) – Staffan Bergwik

  • 2024-01-18 before 15:00

    • Excursion: Descartes in Stockholm
    • You choose between a virtual excursion (30 minutes, any time before 15:00) or a physical excursion (start at Stortorget, Old town 13:00).

  • 2024-01-18 15:00-18:00

    • Descartes (lecture) - Alasdair Skelton
    • Newton (lecture) and Newton’s Colour Wheel (experiment) - Alasdair Skelton
    • Hypothetical deduction exemplified by Young’s double-slit experiment - Alasdair Skelton
    • Scientific realism exemplified by Brownian motion - Alasdair Skelton

  • 2024-01-19 15:00-18:00

    • Objectivity, paradigm and science as culture (lecture) - Staffan Bergwik

  • 2024-01-22 15:00-18:00

    • Exam - 1-page essay