PHIL 65 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    Recent Professors
    Alistair Moles
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.3Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    The philosophical foundations of science such as criteria for distinguishing between science and pseudo-science, questions concerning scientific progress, justification of scientific hypotheses, the theory-dependence of observation, the nature of scientific revolutions, the possibility of objectivity and the challenges of relativism, feminism and marginalization. (CSU, UC)