Reading Assignments, I

Phil 537

Steven Weinberg, "Against Philosophy," Xerox available from Cal Copy

In Boyd, Gasper, and Trout, The Philosophy of Science

Boyd's Intro 3 - 21

Schlick 37-55

Hempel 71-84

Kuhn 139-157

Quine 159-170

Putnam 171-185

van Frassen 187-194

Boyd 195-222

Laudan 223-245

Some Kuhnian Terminology you should be sure you understand:

Paradigm

Normal Science

Anomaly

Crisis

Revolution