課程大綱及授課單元：
科學與哲學同為人類文明的重要內容，在西方傳統裏有密不可分的關係。
許多重要的哲學家，如亞里斯多德、笛卡兒、萊布尼茲、康德等同時也是科學家。
因著二十世紀科學的突飛猛進，更增添科學哲學的重要性。本課程將引領學生了解基本的科學哲學概念與議題。
如：科學與哲學如何彼此影響、科學與世界觀的互動、科學解釋的模型、因果律的本質、科學革命的結構，
經驗觀察和實驗在科學理論裏的地位，科學實在論與反實在論之爭等。
Topics:
1. Scientific Worldviews
2. Problem of Induction & Falsificationism
3. Scientific Revolutions
4. Scientific Realism & Antirealism
5. Causation
6. Laws of Nature
7. Scientific Explanation
課程目標：
1. 引領學生了解並思考科學哲學的基本概念與議題。
2. 提昇學生哲學閱讀及寫作能力。
課程要求：
1. Students are required to finish the weekly reading assignment before each class.
You will spend significant time in reading and thinking. You are expected to make efforts to read the texts closely, write clearly, and think through the problems. Hopefully, your efforts will be intellectually rewarding.
2.Those who miss either 3 classes, 3 assignments, Mid-term Exam, or Final Exam will be failed.
成績評量：
1.Participation: 10%
2. Homework: 40%
3. Mid-term Exam: 20%
4. Final Exam: 30%
進行方式：
Lectures and discussions.
＊注意事項： 第一次上課未到者視同棄選，名額保留給其他同學。
指定用書：
1. Worldviews: an Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science, by Richard Dewitt, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005.
2. Causation and Explanation, by Stathis Psillos, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002.
＊欲修本課程的同學請於開學前自行訂購指定用書。
參考用書：
1. Four Decades of Scientific Explanation, by Wesley Salmon, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989.
2. Understanding Philosophy of Science, by James Ladyman, Routledge Publisher, 2002.
3. Philosophy of Science, by Alexander Bird, Routledge Publisher, 1998.
4. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, by Peter Godfrey-Smith, University of Chicago Press, 2003.
5. The Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction, second edition, by Alexander Rosenberg, Routledge Publisher, 2005.
課程進度：
| TIME | TOPICS | READINGS | |
| 第1週 | Introduction | | |
| 第2週 | The Aristotelian worldview | Selection from R. Dewitt, Ch. 9 ~ 15 | |
| 第3週 | The Newtonian worldview | Selection from R. Dewitt, Ch. 16 ~ 21 | Q1 |
| 第4週 | Relativity & Quantum Theory | Selection from R. Dewitt, Ch. 22 ~ 29 | |
| 第5週 | The Problem of Induction & Falsificationism | J. Ladyman, Ch. 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 | Q2 |
| 第6週 | Scientific Revolutions | J. Ladyman, Ch. 4.1 ~ 4.4 | |
| 第7週 | Scientific Revolutions | J. Ladyman, Ch. 4.5 ~ 4.7 | Q3 |
| 第8週 | Scientific Realism | A. Bird, Ch. 4.1 ~ 4.4 | |
| 第9週 | Mid-Term Exam | | |
| 第10週 | Scientific Antirealism | A. Bird, Ch. 4.6 ~ 4.7 | |
| 第11週 | Causation I | S. Psillos, Ch. 1.1 ~ 1.5, pp. 43, 47, 52 & Ch. 2.1 | Q4 |
| 第12週 | Causation II | S. Psillos, Ch. 3.3 & Ch. 4.2 ~ 4.4 | |
| 第13週 | Laws of Nature I | S. Psillos, Ch. 5.1, 5.2, 5.6, 5.7 | Q5 |
| 第14週 | Laws of Nature II | S. Psillos, Ch. 6.1 ~ 6.4 | |
| 第15週 | Scientific Explanation I | S. Psillos, Ch. 8.2 ~ 8.6, 8.8 | Q6 |
| 第16週 | Scientific Explanation II | S. Psillos, Ch. 9.1 ~ 9.3 | |
| 第17週 | Scientific Explanation III | S. Psillos, Ch. 11.1, p. 284, 11.3 | |
| 第18週 | Final Exam | | |