Philosophy 5330: Philosophy of Science
Fall, 2026

Professor Joel Velasco
Office: 251C Humanities
Office Hours: M, T, Th 10-11:00 or by appointment

Class meets T, Th, 3:30-4:50 in HUMA 259

All of the boilerplate information such as course policies and the grading scheme can be found on the syllabus. The readings for the course are below.

Syllabus

Required Books:

Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science  2nd edition by Peter Godfrey-Smith. The University of Chicago Press, 2021. (=PGS)

All class assignments and any other readings will be found on this website. You should check this website reguarly for updates and bring copies of the assigned readings to class. All readings should be done before the date they are listed here. Come to class on that day prepared to discuss them.

This is a tentative schedule/reading list:

Week 1 - Introduction, Empiricism  

Week 2 - Evidence and Induction  

Week 3 - Popper and Falsificationism

Week 4 - Kuhn

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final paper due