Lectures

 

Lectures HT2023

Note that lecture notes, videos and reading on this page are from last year's course (HT2022), and there may be some smaller changes to the content 2023.

 

Date  

Subject Notes (pdf) Reading

Sep 12 
8-10

Q1

Introduction, Popper

Lecture 1 Download Lecture 1 What is philosophy of science?

Video

Ladyman 5.3.3

Walliman 1

Sep 14 13-15 M1

 

Lecture 2 Download Lecture 2

Induction, Falsification and The HD
Method

Video

Ladyman 1.1-1.4, 2.1-2.5, 3.1-3.2, 4.5

Walliman 2

Sep 26
8-10 M1

Explanations and Causes

Quiz 1 online available 8-17

Lecture_3

Explanations and Causes

Video

Ladyman 3.3-3.6, 7.1-7.2

 

Oct 11
10-12 F2

Probability and Statistics 1

Lecture 4 Download Lecture 4

Video

Walliman 9,10

Oct 31
15-17 M1

 

Probability and Statistics 2

Lecture 5

 

Video

Walliman 9,10
Nov 6 8-10 M1

Deductive metods

Realism and Anti-realism

Lecture 6 Download Lecture 6 Video 1 Video 2 Ladyman 5.1-5.2, 6.1, 8  
Nov 14
15-17 Alfvén

Ethics 1

Lecture 7 Download Lecture 7 Ethics in Science

Video 1

Video 2

Walliman 4

Nov 21
13-15 M1
Ethics 2                    

 Lecture 8

Video 1

Video 2

 

Nov 28
15-17 Q1

Methodology 1

Guest lecture by Johan Boye

Lecture 9 Download Lecture 9

 

 

Walliman 3,5,6,7,8
Dec 5
15-17 

Methodology 2

Lecture by Mats Nordahl

Online at 

https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/63733927968

 

Lecture_10_2023-2.pdf Download Lecture_10_2023-2.pdf