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    Cornerstones: Philosophy of Science - Lecture 1

    10/25/2012🇮🇱 Subtitled

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    Prof. Yemima Ben-Menachem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Cornerstones (Avnei Pina) course. The first part addresses classic issues in the philosophy of science — truth, confirmation, causality and explanation — and the so-called "Science Wars" between modern and post-modern scholars that climaxed in the Sokal Affair. The second part discusses the philosophical implications of major scientific revolutions: Darwinism, the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.

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    אבני פינה: הפילוסופיה של המדע - שיעור 1

    פרופ׳ ימימה בן-מנחם, האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים — קורס אבני פינה. בחלקו הראשון של הקורס נעסוק בנושאים מרכזיים בפילוסופיה של המדע: אמת, אישוש, סיבתיות והסבר, ונכיר את ״מלחמות המדע״ בין הוגים מודרניים לפוסט-מודרניים שהגיעו לשיאן בפרשת סוקל. בחלק השני נדון בהשלכות הפילוסופיות של מהפכות מדעיות גדולות: המהפכה הדרווינית, תורת היחסות ותורת הקוונטים.

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