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PHL 409 — Philosophy of Science

PHL department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

the capacity for philosophical analysis
knowledge of the nature of basic epistemological concepts, such as truth, hypothesis, theory, scientific law, etc., and
the power of articulation and capacity for drawing inferences

Course contents

A philosophical investigation of the nature of scientific knowledge, with examples drawn from the physical sciences. The nature of scientific truth; hypotheses, theories, and scientific laws; paradigms in scientific discoveries and scientific revolutions; the experimental procedure; concepts of induction and probability.

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PHL 409 — Philosophy of Science

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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