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Spring 2026
¹297A Seminar in History of Philosophy: In this course we will examine the early modern empiricists’ treatment of physical theory, including discourse about particles, forces, causes, and distance relations. Most of the time we will focus on the varieties of scientific anti-realism (perhaps including instrumentalism, fictionalism, and expressivism) that we find in Hobbes, Berkeley, and Hume.
No prior background in these early modern figures or topics is expected or required.
²299C Seminar in Philosophy of Science: on underdetermination.
We'll first go through a bunch of the classic papers on the topic. And then in the second half of the quarter we might discuss some topics that are close to my heart (in particular, how underdetermination plays out in modern spacetime theories). You won't need a serious background in physics or math to find something interesting to write a term paper on. This is a very approachable and accessible general philosophy of science topic.