HPS100 Lecture 01: Introduction

Why would anyone study history and philosophy of science (HPS)? What are some of the key questions addressed by HPS?

00:30 Popular Science Mythology
07:12 Why HPS?
07:44 What is History of Science?
09:40 Scientific Mosaic
___ 09:42 Contemporary Scientific Mosaic
___ 10:37 Natural, Social, and Formal Science
___ 11:21 Theory, Scientific Mosaic, Scientific Change
___ 13:00 Scientific Mosaic circa 1765
___ 17:23 Scientific Mosaic circa 1515
18:26 Example of Scientific Change: Theories of Free Fall
___ 18:53 Free Fall in Newtonian Physics
___ 19:27 Free Fall in Aristotelian Physics
___ 23:42 Free Fall in General Relativity
28:36 Questions of History of Science
30:47 Questions of Philosophy of Science

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My name is Hakob Barseghyan. I teach history and philosophy of science at the IHPST, University of Toronto. It is my goal to help my students appreciate how fascinating both the history and philosophy of science are. HPS100 is my introductory course on history and philosophy of science; it is offered online in both Fall and Winter terms.

The course is funded by University of Toronto, Online Learning Strategies (http://onlinelearning.utoronto.ca/) and the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/)

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