Sumários
Lesson 10a (Tipologia da aula: Videoconferência)
13 Maio 2020, 16:00 • Daniele Molinini
Karl Popper on Induction and his account of the scientific method (the theory of the deductive method of testing). Asymmetry between confirmation and falsification of a universal generalization. Notion of corroboration and use of falsification as a criterion to solve the demarcation problem. Ad hoc and non ad hoc modifications of a theory and degrees of falsification of theories. Popper’s theory as an example of the Hypothetical - Deductive model of scientific method. Criticisms. Reading of Chapter 1 of
The Logic of Scientific Discovery.
Lesson 9b (Tipologia da aula: Videoconferência)
6 Maio 2020, 18:00 • Daniele Molinini
The problem of induction (can we give a rational foundation to inductive inferences?). Hume's answer. The role of causality and of the principle of uniformity of nature in Hume's argument against the possibility to give a rational foundation to induction. Some strategies that can be adopted to respond to Hume.
Lesson 9a (Tipologia da aula: Videoconferência)
6 Maio 2020, 16:00 • Daniele Molinini
Mathematical explanation (in mathematics and in the empirical sciences). Two examples of mathematical explanation: the Königsberg 7-bridges example and the honeycomb example. Christopher Pincock's account of 'abstract explanations'. Quine-Putnam Indispensability Argument and Enhanced Indispensability Argument. Some criticisms of the Enhanced Indispensability Argument.
Lesson 8b (Tipologia da aula: Videoconferência)
29 Abril 2020, 18:00 • Daniele Molinini
Kitcher’s unificationist account of scientific explanation.
Lesson 8a (Tipologia da aula: Videoconferência)
29 Abril 2020, 16:00 • Daniele Molinini
Van Fraassen’s pragmatic model and Salmon's causal mechanical model for scientific explanation.