Texts (all are available at the BHSU bookstore as well as
online at a variety of sites–look for used copies)
Required:
- John Losee, A Historical Introduction to the
Philosophy of Science (Oxford UP 0198700555)
- Paul Feyerabend, Against Method (Verso
0860916464)
- Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (U
Chicago P 0226458083)
- Alex Rosenberg, Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary
Introduction (Routledge 041515281X)
- Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations (Routledge
0415285941)
Choose one of the following for the review essay:
- for
those interested in psychology: Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The
Modern Denial of Human Nature (Penguin 0142003344)
- for those interested in biology (especially genetics
and evolutionary biology): Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford
UP 0192860925)
- for those interested in philosophy: George Lakoff and
Mark Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its
Challenge to Western Thought (Basic Books 0465056741)
- for those interested in physics or chemistry: The
Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy (U Ne P 0803279957)
Optional:
- Anthony Graybosch, Philosophy Student Writer’s Manual
(Prentice-Hall 0132373718)
- Samir Okasha, Philosophy of Science: A Very Short
Introduction (Oxford UP 0192802836)