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Jeffrey McDonough , PhD. Participation Option: Online Asynchronous. In online asynchronous courses, you are not required to attend class at a particular time. Instead you can complete the course work on your own schedule each week. Skip to content. Science has become a defining feature of modern life. But what is science? How did it arise? What are its foundations and implications? In this course, students explore key philosophical ideas such as empiricism, evidence, induction, naturalism, realism, and explanation, as well as the relationships between science, philosophy, and society.
They emerge with a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the nature of modern science and are positioned to form considered views concerning its presuppositions, commitments, and consequences. Term Fall Term Tuition Information. Instructor Info.
Jeffrey K. His research focuses on the intersection of philosophy, science, and religion in the early modern era. He has written numerous articles on philosophy in the early modern period. His edited volume on the history of the concept of teleology, Teleology: A History was published by Oxford University Press in His exploration of the philosophical implications of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's work in optics, static, and mechanics, Leibniz's Miracle Creed: The Principle of Optimality in Leibniz's Physics and Philosophy , as well as his textbook on the philosophy of religion, Saints, Heretics and Atheists: A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion were both published by Oxford University Press in Meeting Info.
Last day to register: August 29, Additional Time Commitments. The recorded lectures are from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences companion course Philosophy 9. Registered students can ordinarily live stream the lectures Tuesdays and Thursdays, am starting September 3 or they can watch them on demand. The recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day.
