Philosophy and History of Science

In this course, we will explore philosophical questions within the natural sciences from the 17th century onwards, the relationship of natural science to society as well as the historical discoveries and experiments that led to paradigm shifts in natural science.

Samtalet med Drottning Kristina av Pierre Louis Dumesnil (1700-talet).

• Course literature

  Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

  Peter Achinstein, 2004
  Science Rules: A Historical Introduction to Scientific Methods
  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
  ISBN: 9780801879432

  Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, 2005
  Making Modern Science: A Historical Survey
  Chicago: University of Chicago Press
  ISBN: 9780226068619

  James Poskett, 2022
  Horizons A Global History of Science
  London: Penguin Books
  ISBN 9780241986264

  Rachel Carson, 2000
  Silent spring
  Penguin Classics
  ISBN: 9780141184944
  chapters 1, 2, 6 and 17

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  • Course report GG3010 SP 2025 Kursvärdering/Course evaluation
  • Course report GG3010 SP 2025

• Contact
  Elisabeth Däcker

  Student counsellor and study administration

  elisabeth.dacker@geo.su.se

  08-674 78 70

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  • Visiting address
  • S 316
  • Svante Arrheniusväg 8 C, Geohuset

  Alasdair Skelton

  Professor of Geochemistry and petrology

  alasdair.skelton@geo.su.se

  08-16 47 50

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  • Visiting address
  • R 425
  • Svante Arrheniusväg 8 C, Geohuset