This course explores major questions in the philosophy of science, including the following. What distinguishes science from other forms of knowledge? Is the history of science a history of progress or the accumulation of knowledge? To what extent is theory choice in science determined by evidence or rationality? What is objectivity—and is science objective? What is scientific explanation? What role do values play in scientific knowledge? What effect has science had on social values? In investigating these questions, we will read articles by leading scholars in the philosophy of science. Group III