Philosophy and the Sciences: Introduction to the Philosophy of Physical Sciences

Philosophy and the Sciences: Introduction to the Philosophy of Physical Sciences

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课程详情

教学大纲

  • Week 1 - What is this thing called science? (Michela Massimi and Duncan Pritchard)
    Introduction to philosophy of science: the nature of scientific knowledge, the debates about the scientific method and the problem of underdetermination.
  • Week 2 - Week 2: The origins of our universe (Michela Massimi and John Peacock)
    How did our universe form and evolve? Was there really a Big Bang, and what came before it?
  • Week 3 - Week 3: Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Michela Massimi and John Peacock)
    According to the currently accepted model in cosmology, our universe is made up of 5% of ordinary matter, 25% cold dark matter, and 70% dark energy. But what kind of entities are dark matter and dark energy?
  • Week 4 - Week 4: The anthropic principle and multiverse cosmology (Alasdair Richmond and John Peacock)
    Anthropic reasoning attempts to understand peculiarities of the physical universe via context-sensitive observers in a multiverse of different distinct universes. What are the problems and prospects of this view?
  • Week 4 - Philosophy and the Sciences Part 2
     

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讲师

Professor Andy Clark

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Dr. Alasdair Richmond
Dr.
Philosophy

Dr. Suilin Lavelle
Lecturer in Philosophy
University of Edinburgh

Dr Kenny Smith

School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences

Professor John Peacock
Professor of Cosmology
Institute for Astronomy

Professor Michela Massimi
Full Professor
Philosophy

Dr Peggy Series

Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation

Dr David Carmel
Lecturer
Psychology

Louise Connelly
E-Learning Developer
University of Edinburgh

Dr Mark Sprevak
Senior Lecturer
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Professor Duncan Pritchard
Professor of Philosophy
University of Edinburgh

Professor Barbara Webb

School of Informatics

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爱丁堡大学(University of Edinburgh)是一所英国大学,成立于 1583 年爱丁堡市快速发展时期。它被认为是世界上最负盛名的大学之一。

爱丁堡大学的学生中不乏工业革命的发明家,学生人数超过苏格兰任何一所大学,是英国最大的大学之一。

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