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
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2024-04-29 15:00-18:00
- Introduction to the course – Alasdair Skelton
- Overview of the Philosophy of Science – Staffan Bergwik
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2024-05-02 15:00-18:00
- Hypothesis box (experiment) and reflection (lecture) – Staffan Bergwik
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2024-05-03 före 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).
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2024-05-03 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
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2024-05-06 15:00-18:00
- Objectivity, paradigm and science as culture (lecture) - Staffan Bergwik
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2024-05-07 15:00-18:00