Philosophy of Science by Kane B

source: Kane B       2017年1月21日
This series is not based on any particular book, but "Understanding Philosophy of Science" by James Ladyman and "Theory and Reality" by Peter Godfrey-Smith are two introductions to philosophy of science that have been helpful to me, and are good places to go for further reading. I also recommend "Representing and Intervening" by Ian Hacking. This was written in 1983, so it's somewhat dated now, but it's worth reading because it emphasizes that philosophers of science need to attend to the details experimentation and scientific practice. Most philosophy of science until recently was focused on theory and other more "abstract" matters; Hacking provides an interesting alternative approach. (I hope in the course of this series to focus more on experiment and practice than is standard for an intro to philosophy of science, though that won't be for a few more videos.)

1 - Induction and Naive Inductivism 24:22 In this video, I outline the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and then examine the "naive inductivist" model of the scientific method, according to which science essentially involves collecting a large number of unbiased observations and then drawing inductive generalizations on the basis of these.
2 - The Hypothetico-Deductive Method 31:36
3 - Hume's Problem of Induction 27:00
4 - Goodman's Problem of Induction 32:27
5 - Falsificationism 35:13
6 - Objections to Falsificationism 32:10
7 - Scientific Revolutions 31:20
8 - Incommensurability 43:22
9 34:14 Research Programmes
10 26:04 Against Method 1
11 19:42 Against Method 2
12 31:29 Science and Democracy
13 36:38 The Experimenter's Regress
14 19:58 Scientific Explanation 1 - The Deductive-Nomological Model
15 22:28 Scientific Explanation 2 - Objections to the DN Model
16 19:43 Scientific Explanation 3 - The Causal-Mechanical Model
17 20:48 Scientific Explanation 4 - Objections to the CM Model
18 22:18 Scientific Explanation 5 - The Unification Model
19 25:20 Scientific Explanation 6 - Objections to the Unification Model
20 34:09 Scientific Progress
21 30:44 Is science contingent? 1
22 30:45 Is science contingent? 2
23 37:33  Metaphysics - Levels of Reality