Philosophy of Science

Agenda
• Class Policy
• Evaluation & Lecture Materials
• Group setup
• Liberal Arts
• Philosophy of Science in Liberal Arts
• Summary
INTRODUCTION
 Class Policy
1. Students must come on time. No admission into class is
allowed after fifteen (15) minutes of late arrival, and the
student will be marked absent.
2. Students must come in proper clothing and are not allowed
to wear sandals.
3. Students must not activate their personal electronic devices
during class, unless they are required to do so by the
lecturer to support the teaching-and-learning activity.
4. 85 % of minimum attendance is strictly required before a
student can sit for the Final Exam.
5. Students who leave classes by official appointment from the
University to partake in national or international competitions on
behalf of the University must perform assignments to be given by
the lecturer to make up for the missed classes.
6. Students who engage in cheating, such as plagiarism during
exams or in performing their assignments or in signing class
attendance list, or in providing evidentiary documents for their
inability to attend classes, will be declared “fail”.
7. Make-up exams may be held for students who fall ill or mourn the
death of a member of his/her core family on the examination day,
provided that the student can authenticate it with a piece of
administrative evidence, such the original copy of medical
(laboratory) examination reports, hospitalization, or death
attestation from the authorities with an original stamp mark,
together with an attestation letter from the student’s parents.
8. Students who cannot attend classes because they become
victims of natural disaster and other force majeure will still
be considered present and able to attend make-up exam
upon presentation of administrative evidence in the form of
official statement from authorities with an original stamp
mark, photo, and attestation letter from the students’
parents.
 Evaluation
90.00 A

85.00 A-
1. KAT 1 20%
(Reading) 80.00 B+
2. KAT 2 20% 75.00 B
(Group Presentation) 70.00 B-
3. MID-TERM 20%
65.00 C+
(Written/Individual)
4. FINAL TERM 40% 60.00 C
(Oral/Group + Discussion) 55.00 C-
40 D
TOTAL: 100%
E
SYLLABUS
• Principal works:
• F. Budi Hardiman, Philosophy of Science. Student Reading
Materials. [purchasable at the photocopy booth]
• Samir Okasha, Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Intro-
duction, Oxford University Press: USA (2002)

• Additional works:
• Alex Rosenberg, Philosophy of Science. A contemporrary
Introduction, Routledge: London, 2003
• Peter Godfrey Smith, Theory and Reality: An Introduction to
the Philosophy of Science, Adobe PDF
• Machamer, Peter & Michael Silberstein, The Blackwell
Guide to the Philosophy of Science, USA: Blackwell, 2002
• W.H. Newton-Smith, A Companion to the Philosophy of
Science, Blackwell: Oxford, 2000
• Platinga, Alvin, Where the Conflict really Lies,. Science,
Religion & Naturalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2011
 Group Setup
1) Fact 8) Ecocentrism
2) Observation 9) Objectivity
3) Evidence 10) Value-free
4) Paradigm 11) Falsification
5) Theory 12) Verstehen
6) Hypothesis
7) Induction
Topics for Group Presentation
1) Realism
2) Popper: Falsification
3) Thomas Kuhn
4) Imre Lakatos
5) Feyerabend
 System and Strategy of Learning
• Odd Session: Class conducted by lecturer

• Even Session: Group Discussion beyond class

on reading materials and answering questions
provided
 Discussion Procedure (Even Session)
• 1. Read first individually discussion materials
• 2. Get together, record attendance, sign on
attendance sheet
• 3. Answer the questions one by one, on which all
the group members must be agreed, noted by
the secretary of the group
• 4. Secretary edits and types response
• 5. Discussion Report will be submitted
(attendance record, report) on the next lecture
session.
 Chart of Philosophy of Science
• To be filled out as a result of each
lecture and discussion session
• To be discussed and agreed upon
by the
• To be submitted before oral exam
• To become starting points for oral
exam
 Assignments
• GROUP
– Presenting methodology
of the science domain of • INDIVIDUAL
your study
– Report of Individual Reading
– Presenting assigned topics (written, max. 1 p. A4, 1,5
– Group discussion space, TimesNR 12 pt)
– Take Home Test
1) Teaching curriculum
consisting of trivium
and quadrivium.
• Trivium: Grammar,
Logic, dan Rhetorics
• Quadrivium:
Arithmetic,
Geometry,
Astronomy, and
Music.
2) Formation of Free Individuals (free man)
Liberal Arts at UPH

• Liberal Arts is a way of

effectuating an education
which is holistic and
transformational.
• Objectives of Liberal Arts education:
1) To enable students to optimize
their intelectual ability, in order
2) To become free and independent
individuals, and
3) To live their lives as God’s
creatures that always render
praise to God in their daily
activities.
 Philosophy of Science

• Reason’s critical reflection designed to investigate:

1. The essence of science (ontology),
2. The methods of science (methodology),
3. Truth in science (epistemology), &
4. The impacts of science on life (axiology)
The Function of Philosophy of Science in Liberal Arts:

1. To provide a general perspective regarding the

shared points as well as the differences between
various kinds of science which are studied at the
university.
2. To place modern science in a wider context, which is
the context of worldviews.
3. To reflect on the strength and the weakness of science
(as well as the worldviews that are implied in them)
from the perspective of the Christian Worldview.
Objectives of Philosophy of Science in Liberal Arts:

1) That the students understand the essence of science, ex.:

method, classification of sciences, difference between science
and other forms of knowledge, etc…
 2) That the students are able to explain metaphysical,
epistemological & axiological problems that arise from the
progress of modern science—ex.: conflict between science and
religion, ecological crisis, and the image of man in modern
science.
3) That through the study of Philosophy of science, the students
can understand the greatness of God and always attempt to
glorify God..
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