Philosophy 110

Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus

 

Course requirements

2010

 

Lecturer: Professor Denis Dutton              

Tutors: TBA

 

Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus is an 15-point course given in the first half year. All students must attend the lecture, 3.10 p.m. till 4.50 p.m., every Wednesday in Engineering lecture theatre E8. In addition, students attend a weekly fifty-minute tutorial, held at various times (sign up sheets in the Philosophy Department, 6th floor, History Building). There will be one ninety-minute test (counting for 25% of the final mark). The test will be on Wednesday, March 31st.

There is a final examination of three hours (counting 50% of the final mark). The date and time for the final exam is given in the student handbook. In addition to the final examination, there will be an essay of approximately 1500 words on an assigned topic (counting 25% of the final mark). This essay is to be handed in (in the Philosophy Department) on Tuesday, June 1st.

Text for the course is How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking For a New Age, available in the bookshop. The new fifth edition of this book is preferred.

Enquiries:

Prof. Denis Dutton, Room 601A, School of Philosophy and Religious Studies,