Today’s topic is Philosophy of Science<\/p>\n
Famous example of Theory<\/a><\/p>\n 20th Century sequence: Logical positivism, Popper, Kuhn<\/p>\n Quick Popper<\/a><\/p>\n Kuhn — Normal science, paradigms, and revolutions<\/p>\n Ideas of Karl Popper <\/a> as well. Falsifiability as criterion of science. Consider what a theory forbids and look for THAT. Popper’s main work — The Logic of Scientific Discovery<\/a><\/p>\n Opposite of “confirmationism.”<\/p>\n Compare “practical” or “applied” areas. Medicine vs. Biology; Engineering vs. Physics. Working with particular, individual cases vs. general principles and laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s topic is Philosophy of Science Famous example of Theory 20th Century sequence: Logical positivism, Popper, Kuhn Quick Popper Kuhn — Normal science, paradigms, and revolutions Ideas of Karl Popper as well. Falsifiability as criterion of science. Consider what a theory forbids and look for THAT. Popper’s main work — The Logic of Scientific Discovery … Continue reading “Philosophy of Science class”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/581"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/581\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/macecourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}