HPS 2150 - SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
It is often claimed that scientific theories, when true, provide a "mirror of nature" in its representations. What counts as scientific representations (mathematical, linguistic, visual, etc.) and in what relationships do they stand to the natural world? Topics that may be considered are the variety of characterizations of the model-world relationship, including forms of similarity, structuralism, perspectivism, fictionalism and inferentialism.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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