2015-16 Pomona College Catalog

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PHIL007 PO - Discovery, Invention and Progress

When Offered: Fall 2016.
Instructor(s): L. Perini
Credit: 1

Discovery, Invention and Progress: Philosophy of Science and Technology. Introduction to the philosophy of science and technology. Addresses issues such as the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to facilitate objectivity and rationality in science and technology and evaluation of the neutrality thesis, the view that technology is a neutral instrument that can be used for good or ill.