The aim of this unit is to try to understand (something about) the nature of science—of what is distinctive about it; of what the point of it is; of what it achieves and how it does it; of what its limitations are, and so on. There are good reasons why we should all be interested in science. Not only has science (including technology) had enormous effects on society, especially in the twentieth century (e.g. in medicine, warfare, electronics, etc.) but it has been used to challenge (or confirm) some of our widely held and most cherished beliefs. On the other hand, it has also been subject to criticism, for example, that it promotes questionable images of nature or of human beings, or that... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Nicolas Damnjanovic
Prerequisites: any Level 1 Philosophy unit or any Level 1 unit in the Bachelor of Science or any Level 1 unit in Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociology or Linguistics or any of the following units from the Bachelor of Commerce: ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets,