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Possible topics for final paper and presentation: (see me prior to making a decision, I must approve your topic).
Comparative epistemology in science; e.g. Positivism vs. Constructivism, Realism vs. Rationalism, etc.
Theory, hypothesis, and facts in science.
Objectivity in science.
Paradigm shifts in science.
Feminism and science.
Science and the justice court system in the U. S.
Reviews of any science theory and how they meet or do not meet the criteria we study this semester; e.g. Darwinian evolution, Big Bang, Uniformitarianism vs. Catastrophism.
Causes and Effect.
A biography of a philosopher of science with a summary of their major contributions (Galileo, Popper, Kuhn, Nagel, others.).
Nature of Science in Science education.
OTHER???
University and Department policy require a serious and compelling reason to drop a course after the free drop period. Grades alone do not constitute a reason to drop a course (see University Catalog).
Selected Bibliography*
Ayala, F. J. and B. Black. 1993. Science and the Courts. American Scientist, 81: 230-239.
Berger, J. O. and D. A. Berry. 1988. Statistical Analysis and the Illusion of Objectivity. American Scientist, 76: 159-165.
Boyd, R., P. Gasper, and J. D. Trout (eds.). 1991. The Philosophy of Science. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Bronowski, J. 1965. Science and Human Values. Harper and Row, New York.
Cohen, I. B. 1985. Revolution in Science. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Dixon, B. 1973. What is Science For? Harper and Row, New York.
Feigel, H. and M. Brodbeck. 1953. Readings in Philosophy of Science. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York.
Harding, S. and J. O'Barr, eds. 1987. Sex and Scientific Inquiry. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hempel, C. G. 1966. Philosophy of Natural Science. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs.
Hoyningen-Huene, P. 1993. Reconstructing Scientific Revolutions. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hull, D. L. 1988. Science as Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Keller, E. F. 1983. A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. W. H. Freeman, New York.
Kuhn, T. S. 1970. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 2nd Ed. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Kuhn, T. S. 1970. Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research? pp. 1-20 in Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge. eds. I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Mayr, E. 1988. Toward a new philosophy of biology. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
McComas, W. F. 1998. The Nature of Science in Science Education: Rationales and Strategies. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.
Medawar, P. 1984. The Limits of Science. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Nagel,. E. 1961. The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation. Harcourt, Brace, and World, New York.
Newton-Smith, W. H. (ed.) 2000. A Companion to the Philosophy of Science. Blackwell Publishers Ltd., Oxford.
Popper, K. R. 1965. Conjectures and Refutations: the growth of scientific knowledge. Harper and Row, New York.
Popper, K. R. 1968. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Harper and Row, New York.
Stent, G. S. 1975. Limits to the Scientific Understanding of Man. Science 187: 1052-1057.
Strahler, A. N. 1992. Understanding Science: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues. Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.
White, L., Jr. 1967. The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis. Science, 155: 1203-1207.
Zucker, A. 1996. Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
* Titles in bold face are those I found to be especially helpful
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