HPS 0427 - MYTH AND SCIENCE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The Greeks in the sixth to fourth century B.C. Initiated forms of thinking we have from then on called “scientific” and “philosophical”. This course examines the question of how science is distinguished from “non-science” by studying the role of myth and science in ancient Greece. The aim is to understand what distinguishes the ideas of the first scientists and philosophers from those earlier beliefs called myth.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., West European Studies

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