2016-2017 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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The graduate program in the history and philosophy of science offers MA and PhD degrees through a combination of coursework and dissertation research. The department also offers an area of concentration in classics, philosophy and ancient science. The department supports scholarship in the history and philosophy of general science and in history and philosophy of particular sciences. It has special strengths in the history and philosophy of physical, biological, social, cognitive and neurosciences, and in ancient and 17th-century science. See http://www.hps.pitt.edu/graduate/areas.php.
Contact Information
Department Chair: Sandra D. Mitchell
Main Office: 1017 Cathedral of Learning
412-624-5896
Fax: 412-624-6825
E-mail: vanna@pitt.edu
www.hps.pitt.edu
Admissions
Applicants for admission to the graduate program in history and philosophy of science will be expected to have a suitable undergraduate degree and to have some knowledge of the natural or social sciences. Applications are online. The deadline for completed applications is January 10. While the department awards both PhD and MA degrees, virtually all students are admitted into the PhD program.
Financial Assistance
Students in the PhD program are supported by fellowships or teaching assistantships/fellowships during their first five (5) years. The rates are set annually by the University. The department does not offer financial support to non-continuing MA students.
Degree Requirements
The graduate program consists of a series of seminars (approximately four to six are offered each term). These range from general surveys of the field and methods of research to specialized research seminars on selected topics in history and philosophy of science. These courses are divided into three areas:
- Area 1: Core sequence: a three-term introduction at the graduate level to history and philosophy of science
- Area 2: History of science
- Area 3: Philosophy of science
Faculty
http://www.hps.pitt.edu/people/
ProgramsMaster’sDoctoral
CoursesHistory & Philosophy of Science- HPS 2497 - TEACHING PRACTICUM
- HPS 2498 - DEPARTMENT PRO-SEMINAR
- HPS 2501 - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE CORE SEM
- HPS 2502 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE 1
- HPS 2503 - HISTORY OF SCIENCE 2
- HPS 2508 - J.J. GIBSON
- HPS 2510 - RDG NEWTON’S PRINCIPIA” 18THC”
- HPS 2511 - GENESIS AND GEOLOGY
- HPS 2512 - ANCIENT SCIENTIFIC ASTRONOMY
- HPS 2513 - HISTORY THEORY OF EQUATIONS
- HPS 2514 - A HISTORY OF ATOMISM
- HPS 2515 - PERSPECTIVES IN HISTORY OF SCI
- HPS 2516 - INTELLCTL DEVELP AMRCN ARCHLGY
- HPS 2517 - THE MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY
- HPS 2518 - UNITY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2520 - NEWTON
- HPS 2522 - SPEC TOPICS-HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2524 - EXPRML HISTORY PHILOSOPHY SCI
- HPS 2525 - TWENTIETH CENTURY BIOLOGY
- HPS 2526 - HISTORY OF RELATIVITY THEORY
- HPS 2528 - GALILEO
- HPS 2530 - READING SEM HIST OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2531 - FREUD AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
- HPS 2532 - HISTORY OF OLD QUANTUM THEORY
- HPS 2533 - DESCARTES
- HPS 2534 - GENRL RELATIVITY & GRAVITATION
- HPS 2535 - NATR & LAWS OF NATR RENASNC
- HPS 2536 - LAWS OF NATURE, MDRN TREATMENT
- HPS 2537 - HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2538 - EARLY MODERN PHIL OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2540 - LOCKE AND LEIBNIZ
- HPS 2542 - HOBBES & SPINOZA
- HPS 2543 - THOMAS HOBBES
- HPS 2544 - UNDST ARISTOTLE’S TELEOLOGY
- HPS 2545 - ARISTOTLE’S BIOLOGY
- HPS 2546 - MODERN EUROPEAN SOCIAL THOUGHT
- HPS 2547 - ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCI
- HPS 2549 - MODERN GERMAN SOCIAL THOUGHT
- HPS 2550 - EUROPEAN CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY
- HPS 2552 - PHIL OF THE CULT & SOCL STDS
- HPS 2553 - DARWIN’S ORIGIN
- HPS 2555 - ARISTOTLE’S CONCP NATURAL SCI
- HPS 2556 - ARISTOTLE’S MATTER THEORY
- HPS 2557 - MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
- HPS 2558 - MYTH, IDEOLOGY AND SCIENCE
- HPS 2559 - THERMDYNMC & STATISCAL MECHANC
- HPS 2560 - MOLECULAR REVOLUTION IN BIOLGY
- HPS 2562 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
- HPS 2563 - HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- HPS 2564 - CAUSLITY & EXPLAN: HISTL EPSD
- HPS 2565 - THE GENE:TRANSFRM/FRGMNT CONCP
- HPS 2567 - WILLIAM HARVEY’S NATURAL PHIL
- HPS 2568 - THE INTERPRETATION OF MARX
- HPS 2569 - MAX WEBER’S COMPARATV HISTORY
- HPS 2570 - MAX WEBER
- HPS 2571 - GOING MOLECULAR
- HPS 2572 - WEBER’S SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
- HPS 2578 - 20TH CENTUR SEARCH HUMN NATURE
- HPS 2579 - BEHAVRISM: ORIGN, EVOLT & CRTQ
- HPS 2580 - MODERN COSMOLOGY
- HPS 2585 - EVOLUTIONARY THEORY 1
- HPS 2586 - BEING AND BECOMING HUMAN
- HPS 2587 - EVOLUTIONARY THEORY 2
- HPS 2590 - EINSTEIN 1905
- HPS 2599 - HISTL PHILPHCL ISS BHVRL GNTCS
- HPS 2604 - CLIN TRNG MEDICAL ETHICS - 1
- HPS 2606 - CLIN TRNG MEDICAL ETHICS - 2
- HPS 2607 - NEUROETHICS
- HPS 2612 - HUMAN GENETICS SEMINAR
- HPS 2620 - SEMINAR IN RHETORICAL THEORY
- HPS 2621 - DISPOSITIONS AND CAUSAL POWERS
- HPS 2622 - RECNT TOPICS IN PHIL OF SCI
- HPS 2623 - PERSPECTIVES IN PHIL OF SCI
- HPS 2624 - PHIL CLASSICAL & QUANTUM MECHC
- HPS 2625 - MATHEMATICS FOR FOUNDATIONS
- HPS 2626 - TOPICS IN PHILOSPHY OF PHYSICS
- HPS 2627 - PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
- HPS 2628 - EVOLUTION AND COGNITION
- HPS 2629 - RACE: BIOLOGY, PSYCH, ETHICS
- HPS 2630 - COGNITION AND KNOWLEDGE
- HPS 2631 - METH & INTPT COGV NEUROSCIENCE
- HPS 2632 - PHILOSOPHY & NEUROSCIENCE
- HPS 2633 - PHIL OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
- HPS 2634 - TOPCS PHIL COGNITIVE SCIENCE
- HPS 2635 - CNTRL PROBS IN SYSTMS NEUROSCI
- HPS 2640 - CONSCIOUSN, EMOTION & NEUROSCI
- HPS 2641 - EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
- HPS 2642 - DETERMINISM
- HPS 2645 - TOPICS PHILOSPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY
- HPS 2647 - REPRSTN, PESPS AND PLURALISM
- HPS 2648 - SCI PHIL ARISTOTLES GENRT ANML
- HPS 2649 - SCIENCE AND VALUES
- HPS 2650 - PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHIATRY
- HPS 2651 - HIST & PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS
- HPS 2652 - RECNT TOPICS PHIL SOCL SCIS
- HPS 2653 - MODELS AND MODELING IN SCIENCE
- HPS 2654 - 19THC PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2655 - ARISTOTELIAN/TRACTARN PHIL SCI
- HPS 2656 - ARISTOTLE ON METAPHYSICS
- HPS 2657 - PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY
- HPS 2658 - PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE
- HPS 2659 - NEUROBIOLOGY, REDUCTION, EMERG
- HPS 2660 - CAUSALITY
- HPS 2661 - THEORTCL FOUNDTNS MEDICL ETHCS
- HPS 2662 - GENES AND BEHAVIOR
- HPS 2663 - PERCEPTION
- HPS 2664 - BIOETHICS
- HPS 2667 - PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM MECHANC
- HPS 2668 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLGY
- HPS 2669 - REALISM
- HPS 2670 - TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY KNOWLEDGE
- HPS 2671 - MODELS OF SCIENTIFIC CHANGE
- HPS 2672 - PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLGY & MEDICN
- HPS 2673 - STUDIES IN ARISTOTLE
- HPS 2674 - ARTFCL INTELGNC & LOGC DISCV
- HPS 2675 - PHILOSOPHY OF SPACE AND TIME
- HPS 2676 - CARNAP AND REICHENBACH
- HPS 2677 - FDS OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- HPS 2679 - PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
- HPS 2680 - READING SEM IN PHIL OF SCIENCE
- HPS 2682 - THEORIES OF CONFIRMATION
- HPS 2683 - PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HPS 2684 - PERCEPTUAL THEORY & EXPERIMENT
- HPS 2685 - SCIENCE AND ITS RHETORIC
- HPS 2686 - CAUSLITY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE
- HPS 2687 - EPISTEMLGY OF EXPERMNTL PRACT
- HPS 2688 - SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
- HPS 2689 - EXPLANS, CAUSES AND MECHNSMS
- HPS 2690 - HISTORY AND PHIL OF PSYCHOLOGY
- HPS 2691 - PERSP IN HIST AND PHIL OF SCI
- HPS 2692 - TOPICS HIST RECNT PHIL OF SCI
- HPS 2693 - PHIL OF SCI IN THE HUMANITIES
- HPS 2695 - HISTORY PHILOSOPHY ARCHAEOLOGY
- HPS 2696 - PHIL PERSPECTIVES ON FEMINISM
- HPS 2698 - TOPICS IN MEDICAL ETHICS
- HPS 2699 - EXPERMNT & SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE
- HPS 2700 - SCIENCE AND RELIGION
- HPS 2701 - PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
- HPS 2702 - PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOANLYSIS 2
- HPS 2720 - PRAGMATISM
- HPS 2902 - PRE MA DIRECTED STUDY
- HPS 2904 - MA THESIS RESEARCH
- HPS 2990 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
- HPS 2999 - PROSPECTUS RESEARCH
- HPS 3000 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
- HPS 3314 - SEMINAR IN PUBLIC ARGUMENT
- HPS 3902 - ADVANCED DIRECTED STUDY
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