This is the homepage for LA 1014 Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology - Fall Semester 2008, NYU-Poly.  Choose from the selection below.  This page will be updated periodically.
 

• Syllabus
• Study questions
• 01.Godfrey-SmithChaps1&2
• 02.Godfrey-SmithChaps3&4
• 03.Godfrey-SmithChap5/KuhnChapsI&II
• 04.KuhnChapsIII-VIII
• 05.Godfrey-SmithChap6/KuhnChapsIX-XIII
• 06.Godfrey-SmithChaps8&9
  
• Paper topics
• Paper#1
• Paper#2
• Paper#3
  
• Paper guidelines
• Links
• Relevant articles in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• "Thomas Kuhn"
  
• "Historicist Theories of Rationality"
  
• "The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge"
  
• "Scientific Progress"
  
• "Karl Popper"
  
• "Paul Feyerabend"
  
• "Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Sceince"
  
• "The Problem of Induction"
  
• "Scientific Explanation"