PHIL 258 - Philosophy of science

Dr. Fraiser, UW Winter 2026

Topics

• defining-philosophy-of-science
• logical-empiricism
• confirmation-and-logic
• popper-1934-logic-of-scientific-discovery
• Kuhn-1962-structure-of-scientific-revolutions
• Lakatos-account-of-science
• Feyerabend-anarchist-account-of-science
• Douglas-2007-rejecting-value-free-science
• role-of-gender-in-science
  • Richardson-2008-role-of-gender-criticism-in-the-case-of-sex-determination
  • Rolin-2021-Analytic-Feminist-Approaches
• Scientific-realism & scientific-anti-realism
  • Hacking-on-scientific-realism
  • Van-Fraassen-constructive-empiricism
• Bayesianism

other mentions

Foster-on-the-scope-of-scientific-laws