PHIL 205JPhilosophy of Nature
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1993–94
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1968–69 to 1993–94; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An examination of ancient and modern accounts of the natural world. Problems include whether matter alone can account for change, whether there is more than one cause, whether nature operates by purpose or chance.
As printed in the 1978–79 to 1993–94 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1968–69 to 1993–94, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1978–79 to 1993–94 10 calendars
An examination of ancient and modern accounts of the natural world. Problems include whether matter alone can account for change, whether there is more than one cause, whether nature operates by purpose or chance.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1976–77 to 1977–78 2 calendars
Another title: Elements of the Philosophy of Science, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1970–71 to 1975–76 4 calendars
Another title: Elements of the Philosophy of Science, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
An examination through conceptual analysis and historical reference of the explanatory principles underlying the material world. Various main doctrines (e.g. pythagoreanism, atomism, hylomorphism) will be compared and contrasted. Germane discoveries in physics (especially the work of Planck, Einstein, de Broglie, Heisenberg) and chemistry will be brought in. No prerequisite 3 hours Fall term, A. Dobos
1968–69 to 1969–70 2 calendars
Titled Philosophy of Science.
A study of the nature and the meaning of the method of experimental science. An attempt to come to grips with its method, through a study of the works (philosophical) of past and present scientists. A comparison of this method with that of the philosophy of nature. A look at the great scientific revolutions and their effect on the method of experimental science. Prerequisites: Philosophy 105J. 3 hours.