Course Description:
Students meet in small groups with instructor
once a week to discuss a research topic. Subject matter varies each semester.
May be repeated for credit.
Example: Tutorial in the Philosophy of Science (Kareen Malone)
Course Description:
The purpose of the tutorial is to offer a
more intimate learning environment where students and professors can explore
a specific topic with care and in some detail. This course is meant to
explore the ideas of the philosophy of science, learn the basic outlines
of that sub-field as it is constituted today and, as a result, gain a broader
perspective on both the philosophy of science and psychology. The course
is purely seminar. Your grade is based on the quality of your seminar presentations
and your understanding of the reading. The latter will be assessed through
the weekly outlines you prepare and questions you submit. There are no
papers and no final.
Goals and Course Objectives
To gain a working knowledge on the classical
issues in Philosophy of Science
To acquire a knowledge of science studies
To consider this knowledge in relationship
to issues particular to the discipline of psychology
Week One:
Why are we here?
Week Two:
Chalmers: 1-40.
Week Three:
Chalmers: 41 - 86
Week Four:
Chalmers 86-130.
Week Five:
Article by Kuhn
Week Six:
Postmodernism, Psychology, and Science
Week Seven:
Review
Week Eight:
Laudan
Chalmers 149-174
Week Nine:
Article by Feyerabend & intro to science
studies
Week Ten:
Latour
Science & psychoanalysis
Reading from Milner
Week Eleven:
Feminism & Science
Week Twelve
Chalmers: 213-254
Week Thirteen
The Stakes of Psychology
Richards: 1-46
Week Fourteen
NO CLASS
Week Fifteen
The Stakes of Psychology
Richards: 47-90
Week Sixteen:
Two hour class & dinner meeting
Richards: 121-186
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on course pesentations
and written submissions. Attendance is absolutely essential
BOOKS TO BUY:
A.F. Chalmers, (1999). What is this thing
called science? 3rd ed. Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Co.
Graham Richards (1996). Putting Psychology
in its Place. New York: Routledge.