Programs & Courses

Minor in Philosophy of Science and Knowledge Production

To complete a Minor in Philosophy of Science and Knowledge Production, you need to take 6 courses. Please reach out if you have questions about this minor. And see the Undergraduate Calendar section on minors for more information.

Required courses:

  • Philosophy 2002 - Belief, Truth, and Paradox
  • Philosophy 2100 - Knowledge and Communities: Practical and Theoretical Issues in Social Epistemology

One of:

  • Philosophy 2233 - Philosophy and the World View of Science: Earth and Life Sciences
  • Philosophy 2234 - Philosophy and the World View of Science: Space, Time and Matter

Two of:

  • Philosophy 2236 - Environmental Philosophy
  • Philosophy 3270 - Theory of Knowledge Philosophy
  • Philosophy 3412 - Philosophy of Science

One of:

  • Biology 2500 - Biology and Society
  • Chemistry 2320 - History of Chemistry
  • Liberal Education 2500 - Scientific Knowledge Across Disciplines
  • Liberal Education 3500 - Natural versus Human Sciences
  • Liberal Education 3700 - Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859)
  • Physics 2020 - The Physics of Everyday Life
  • Sociology 2300 - Committing Sociology
  • Women and Gender Studies 2700 - Feminist Approaches to Research

Alternative courses may be counted toward the minor provided (1) they are clearly related to theories of science or knowledge and (2) they are approved by the Chair of the Department of Philosophy.