Philosophy of Science

Programme

2+0 (4^th year of philosophy study)

Goals:

introduction to philosophical issues to the process of theory competition and replacement;
introduction to specific philosophies of sciences;
enabling students for critical concideration of science and its philosophical implications.

Content:

An overview to basic issues in philosophy of science. The nature of scientific explanation. Structures of scientific theories. Reduction, emergence and explanation. Models, metaphors and analogies. Experiment and observation. Induction and probability. Philosophy of space-time physics. Interpreting quantum theories. Evolution. Cognitive science. Philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology. Social sciences.

Literature:

A) Obligatory:

LELAS, Srđan. Promišljanje znanosti [Inquiring Science]. Filozofska istraživanja 31, HFD, Zagreb, 1990.
MIŠČEVIĆ, Nenad. Uvod u filozofiju psihologije [Introduction to Philosophy of Psychology]. Zagreb: Grafički zavod Hrvatske, 1990.
BARKER, Stephen F. Filozofija matematike [Philosophy of Mathematics].Nolit, Beograd, 1973.

B) Secondary literature:

MACHAMER, Peter i SILBERSTEIN, Michael (ur.) The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science. Blackwell Pubilshers Ltd, Malden, MA, 2002.
SESARDIĆ, Neven. Fizikalizam [Physicalism]. Izazovi, Beograd, 1984.
ŠIKIĆ, Zvonimir. Kako je stvarana novovjekovna matematika [The Shaping of Modern Mathematics]. Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1989.
FEYERABEND, Paul K. Protiv metode: skica jedne anarhističke teorije spoznaje [Against Method]. Logos, Sarajevo, 1987.
POPPER, K. R. Logika naučnog otkrića [Logic of Scientific Discovery], Nolit, Beograd, 1973.