Kingfisher: History and Philosophy of Science

Kingfisher Concentration - History and Philosophy of Science requirements (9 Credits)

Contact: Kevin Graham, Ph.D., Chair of Philosophy

This interdisciplinary Kingfisher Concentration introduces students to the key historical events in the emergence of science and to the philosophical debates about what counts as science, theories of scientific method, realism and anti-realism, and the role of values in science.

This Kingfisher Concentration has an associated minor that allows for continued study of these topics: History and Philosophy of Science Minor

Choose any 3 credits from the list below:3
Philosophical Ideas:Reality, Knowledge, and the Good Life
Philosophical Ideas:Law
Philosophical Ideas:Foundations of the Sciences
Choose 3 credits from the list below:3
History of Political Economy
The Scientific Revolution
History and Systems of Psychology
Social and Cultural Theory
Choose 3 credits from the list below:3
Philosophy Of The Human Sciences
Philosophy Of The Natural Sciences
Science and Religion
Sciences, Ethics & Society
Total Credits9