This is the homepage for STS2003 - Science, Technology, and Society - Fall Semester 2012, NYU-Poly.  This page will be updated periodically.
 

• Syllabus
• Modified syllabus (Final Version!)

• Extra Credit #1 (due Tues Nov 13)
• Extra Credit #2 (due Tues Dec 11)
  

• Lectures
• 01. Introduction
• 02. Logic & Empiricism
• 03. Confirmation
• 04. Popper
• 05. Kuhn: Immature Science
• 06. Kuhn: Normal Science
• 07. Kuhn: Crises
• 08. Kuhn: Revolutions
• 09. Sociology of Science
• 10. ANT
• 11. Feminist Approaches to Science
• 12. Atoms and Alchemy.I
  
• 13. Atoms and Alchemy.II
• 14. Atoms and Alchemy.III

• Study questions
• GSChaps1&2
• GSChaps3&4
• GSChap5/KI&II
• KIII-VIII
• GSChap6/KIX-XIII
• GSChap8/ANT/Feminism
• Newman Chaps1-2
• Newman Chaps 3-5
• Newman Chaps 6-7
  

• Paper Topics
• Paper #1 (due Thurs 9/27)
• Paper #2 (due Thurs 11/1)
• Paper #3 (due Tues 12/11)
  

• Paper guidelines

• Links
• Relevant articles in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Anderson, E. (2011) "Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Berryman, S. (2011) "Ancient Atomism" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Bird, A. (2011) "Thomas Kuhn" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Chalmers, A. (2010) "Atomism from the 17th to the 20th Century" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Creath, R. (2011) "Logical Empiricism" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Longino, H. (2006) "The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Matheson, C. (2008) "Historicist Theories of Rationality" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Nickles, T. (2009) "Scientific Revolutions" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Niiniluoto, I. (2011) "Scientific Progress" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Oberheim, E. and P. Hoyningen-Huene (2009) "The Incommensurability of Scientific Theories" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Thornton, S. (2009) "Karl Popper" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Vickers, J. (2010) "The Problem of Induction" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Woodward, J. (2009) "Scientific Explanation" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Uebel, T. (2011) "Vienna Circle" in E. Zalta (ed.) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.