This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of virtual classes and flipped-lectures delivered as short online videos.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT. Students are also expected to prepare answers to a few short questions each week for discussion in class.
- Norton, John D. (2015)?Einstein for Everyone. - Hugget, Nick. (2010)?Everywhere and Everywhen:?Adventures in Physics and Philosophy. -?Einstein, Albert (1920) Relativity: The special and general theory. - Euclid (1908) The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Vol I. - Poincar?, Henri (1905) Science and Hypothesis. Weekly essential readings will be provided on Moodle, selected individually from various book chapters and journal articles.
Essay (50%, 1500 words) in the MT. Essay (50%, 1500 words) in January.