HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (HPS)

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DOK Grading Scale
Curriculum Map
Crash Course
Template for Lab Reports
Old list of HPS Topics

Calendar

Term 1

Aug 22-25: Welcome | HPS Syllabus

Aug 28-29: Tree of Knowledge

Nature of Science:

Aug 30-Sep 2: Basics of Philosophy

Aug 30-Sep 2: Knowledge Theory - World Views

Sep 5-8: Truth Theory

Sep 8 (A) / Sep 1 (B): Science Current Event - Use Template

Sep 11-12: Truth Theory Test | Makeup Assignment for Test

Sep 13-15: Nature of Science (Conclusion)

Demarcation, Required Assumptions, and Limitations of Science

Degrees of Certainty

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Sep 18-22: Safety and Measurement

Lab Safety Lesson | Safety Test | Safety Contract - The safety contract must be signed and the safety test must be past with an 80% to participate in labs.

Languages of Science || Assignment: Worksheet

Metric System || Assignment: Group Exercises

Oct 2 - Nov 7:

Begin Reading the Following: Unit 1 - Fundamental Issues

Worldviews

Truth

Empirical Facts and Philosophical/Conceptual Facts

Confirming and Disconfirming Evidence and Reasoning

The Quine-Duhem Thesis and Implications for Scientistfic Method

Quine-Duhem

Undetermination

"The" scientific method

Axiomatic approach (Aristotle vs Descarte)

Popper

Philosophical Interlued: Problems and Puzzles of Induction

Falsifiability

Instrumentalism and Realism

Term 2

Nov 14

HPS Test - Part 1 - Fundamental Issues

Make a copy of the template and save to your Google Drive. Take your time. This is open book and open note. Craft your responses carefully. This test may be retaken to improve your grade.

Nov 16

Assignment: Ch 9 Individual Notes

Nov 18-Dec 14

Dec 11

Assignment: Ch 10 Group Notes

Transition form the Aristotelian Worldview to the Newtonian Worldview

Structure of the Univers on the Aristotelian Worldview (Mechanology vs Teleology)

Preface to Ptolemy's Almagest: The Earth as Spherical, Stationary, and at the Center of the Universe

Astronomical Data: The Empirical Facts

Astronomical Data: The Philosophical/Conceptual Facts

The Ptolemaic System

Dec 14

Assignment: Ch 14 Group Notes

The Copernican System

The Tychonic System

Kepler's System

Galileo and the Evidence from the Telescope

Summary of Problems Facing the Astistotelian Worldview

Philosophical and Conceptual Connections in the Development of the New Science

The Development of the Newtonian Worldview, 1700-1900

Recent Developments in Science and Worldviews

The Special Theory of Relativity

The General Theory of Relativity

Overview of the Empirical Facts, Mathematics, and Interpretations of Quantum Theory

Quantum Theory and Locality: EPR, Bell's Theorem, and the Aspect Experiments

Overview of the Theory of Evolution

Philosophical and Conceptual Implications of Evolution

Worldview Concluding Thoughts

	Online PDF Textbook Extended Time Request (for assignments) DOK Grading Scale Curriculum Map Crash Course Template for Lab Reports Old list of HPS Topics
	Calendar
Term 1	Aug 22-25: Welcome \| HPS Syllabus
	Aug 28-29: Tree of Knowledge
	Nature of Science: Aug 30-Sep 2: Basics of Philosophy Aug 30-Sep 2: Knowledge Theory - World Views Sep 5-8: Truth Theory Sep 8 (A) / Sep 1 (B): Science Current Event - Use Template
	Sep 11-12: Truth Theory Test \| Makeup Assignment for Test Sep 13-15: Nature of Science (Conclusion) Demarcation, Required Assumptions, and Limitations of Science Degrees of Certainty Scientific and Engineering Practices Sep 18-22: Safety and Measurement Lab Safety Lesson \| Safety Test \| Safety Contract - The safety contract must be signed and the safety test must be past with an 80% to participate in labs. Languages of Science \|\| Assignment: Worksheet Metric System \|\| Assignment: Group Exercises
	Oct 2 - Nov 7: Begin Reading the Following: Unit 1 - Fundamental Issues Worldviews Truth Empirical Facts and Philosophical/Conceptual Facts Confirming and Disconfirming Evidence and Reasoning The Quine-Duhem Thesis and Implications for Scientistfic Method Quine-Duhem Undetermination "The" scientific method Axiomatic approach (Aristotle vs Descarte) Popper Philosophical Interlued: Problems and Puzzles of Induction Falsifiability Instrumentalism and Realism
Term 2	Nov 14 HPS Test - Part 1 - Fundamental Issues Make a copy of the template and save to your Google Drive. Take your time. This is open book and open note. Craft your responses carefully. This test may be retaken to improve your grade. Nov 16 Assignment: Ch 9 Individual Notes Nov 18-Dec 14 Dec 11 Assignment: Ch 10 Group Notes Transition form the Aristotelian Worldview to the Newtonian Worldview Structure of the Univers on the Aristotelian Worldview (Mechanology vs Teleology) Preface to Ptolemy's Almagest: The Earth as Spherical, Stationary, and at the Center of the Universe Astronomical Data: The Empirical Facts Astronomical Data: The Philosophical/Conceptual Facts The Ptolemaic System Dec 14 Assignment: Ch 14 Group Notes The Copernican System The Tychonic System Kepler's System Galileo and the Evidence from the Telescope Summary of Problems Facing the Astistotelian Worldview Philosophical and Conceptual Connections in the Development of the New Science The Development of the Newtonian Worldview, 1700-1900
	Recent Developments in Science and Worldviews The Special Theory of Relativity The General Theory of Relativity Overview of the Empirical Facts, Mathematics, and Interpretations of Quantum Theory Quantum Theory and Locality: EPR, Bell's Theorem, and the Aspect Experiments Overview of the Theory of Evolution Philosophical and Conceptual Implications of Evolution Worldview Concluding Thoughts