Philosophy of Science

Lecture notes for PHIL 160

"Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things?"

   PHIL 160 

Logical Positivism

Problems for Logical Positivism

Material_Conditionals

Non-material Conditionals

The Theory Ladeness of Observation

The Problem of Induction

Karl Popper

Auxiliary Hypotheses

Thomas Kuhn

Design for Living

What a Law of Nature is

Bonjour_on_Induction

The Natural Ontological Attitude