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General Schedule Readings Paper
Readings: Carnap, “On the Character of Philosophic Problems” (1934), Popper, “Science: Conjectures and Refutations” (1963)
Readings: Hanson, “Observation” (1958); Feyerabend, Against Method, part 16 (1975; optional, but recommended no. 5, bottom p. 190 to bottom p. 197)
Readings: Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), chapters 1–5 (version française, introduction–ch. 4)
Readings: Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), chapters 6–9 (version française, ch. 5–8)
Readings: Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), chapters 10–13 and Postscript (version française, ch. 9–12 et postface)
Readings: Hempel and Oppenheim, “Studies in the Logic of Explanation” (excerpt, 1948); van Fraassen, “The Pragmatics of Explanation” (1977)
Readings: Maxwell, “The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities” (1962); van Fraassen, “Arguments Concerning Scientific Realism” (1980); Laudan, “A Confutation of Convergent Realism” (1981)
Readings: Douglas, “Origins of the Value-Free Ideal for Science” (2009); Douglas, “Values in Science” (2016; optional for more contemporary background); Teller’s letter to Szilard about their moral responsibility for the atomic bomb (1945; optional but recommended and chilling)
Readings: Read one or both of: Richardson, “When Gender Criticism Becomes Standard Practice: The Case of Sex Determination Genetics” (2008; for a particuar application); Okruhlik, “Gender and the Biological Sciences” (1994; for a broader overview)
Readings: Daston and Galison, “The Image of Objectivity” (1992)
Readings: Chang, “Epistemic Activities and Systems of Practice” (2014)