PHIL听1400 (3) Philosophy and the Sciences

Michael Zerella, PhD.

Considers philosophical topics and concepts related to the natural sciences, such as: science and pseudo-science; scientific method; the nature of explanation, theory, confirmation, and falsification; the effect of science on basic concepts like mind, freedom, time, and causality; ethics of experimentation; and the relation of science to society.听 Arts Sci Gen Ed: Arts Humanities听辞谤听Natural Sciences

Image of the KT boundary showing the earth's timeline before and after the existence of dinosaurs.

How do we know what killed the dinosaurs? It's in the rocks.

Theory of Relativity diagram. Blue time-space graph background showing a dent where a planet is and a line bent by time-space.

What is the evidence in favor of General Relativity?

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Photo of etched drawings of various shapes. Humans attempt to communicate with aliens.

Humans attempt to communicate with aliens.

A dinosaur-raptor-bird hybrid animal drawing in green and brown tones. Are birds descended from dinosaurs?

Are birds descended from dinosaurs?