The teaching of Philosophy of Science is part of the formative activities characterizing cds in Philosophy. The course is an introduction to the central themes and problems of the philosophy of science. Among these students and students will acquire the fundamental features of empirical research methodology through the study of the nature of scientific explanation, the laws of nature, the relationship between hypothesis and observational evidence and the question of scientific realism in the light of the historical change of theories. These general themes will be introduced by making direct reference to the philosophical topics discussed in the texts of some classical authors of the philosophy of science of the twentieth century, thus trying to create the necessary skills to evaluate and formulate in a rigorous philosophical thesis.
The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in discussion and argumentation both in a theoretical perspective and in a historical-philosophical perspective. At the end of the course the student will have acquired:
-) ability to analyse and interpret philosophical texts;
-) language and argumentative properties;
-) ability to contextualise the knowledge learned in the field of philosophical debate.