Subject Area: History & Philosophy of Science<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: History<br/><br/>Examines the history of science (including medicine) from antiquity to the twentieth century. It places special emphasis on the role of contextual factors (philosophical, social, political, cultural and technological) in the development and changing character of science over time. The central theme of the course is that all world-views, or accounts of the cosmos, are products of particular cultures, and that we should not expect the science of the past to look like, or be aiming at, our present science. Contextual study of the history of science permits the... -- Course Website