1. Philosophy of Science, Introduction | Course Overview: Philosophy of Natural & Social Science

Key Idea: Mechanistic VS Teleological Worldview

References:
a) Mike Russell, Life as converting CO2 into CH4: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/free-energy-and-the-meaning-of-life
b) Sean M. Carroll: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRhV1rWIpm_pU19bBm_2RXw

Provisional Course Plan:
1. Naturalism from Thales to Darwin
2. Contemporary Epistemology from Schlick to Kuhn
3. Phenomenology & Psychoanalysis
4. Evolution of Culture and Rationality
5. Social Theory: Traditional VS Modern Societies
6. The Enlightenment: Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel
7. The Marxist Perspective
8. Nietzsche’s Critique of Ratio
9. Foucault’s Power/Knowledge: Social Construction of Reality
10. Weber: Iron Cage of Rationalisation
11. Theorising Globalisation
12. Facing Global Challenges: Gramsci & Habermas

My Philosophy & Methodology of the Natural & the Social Sciences playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4w-p0WTsoJ9_ZifVRuI1IxrY6OJKKg2

My Intro to Political Philosophy on COURSERA:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-to-political-philosophy

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