Phil 105 Science & Human Values - Spring 2017
List of readings (other than the required book: Barker, G. & Kitcher, P. 2014. Philosophy of Science: A New Introduction. Oxford University Press)
Sessions 3, 1/31:
Douglas, Heather. 2015. Values in science. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science.
Session 4, 2/2:
Chalmers, Alan. 1999. What is this thing called science? (Introduction + Chapters 1 & 2)
Sessions 11, 2/28:
Douglas, Heather. 2014. Values in Social Science.
Session 12, 3/2:
Anthony, Andrew. 2016. 2006 A Space Odity- The Great Pluto Debate.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/01/2006-space-oddity-pluto-debate-row?CMP=share_btn_tw
Session 13, 3/7:
Henrich, Joseph, Steven Heine & Ara Norenzayan. 2010. Most people are not WEIRD.
Session 14, 2/9:
Lloyd, Elisabeth. 1993. Pre-Theoretical Assumptions in Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality.
Session 15, 3/14:
Fine, Cordelia. 2010. Delusions of Gender (pp. 131-154, 168-175)
Session 17, 3/28:
Clark, Andy. Natural-Born Cyborgs? https://www.edge.org/conversation/natural-born-cyborgs
Session 18, 3/30:
- Rosenberg, Louis. 2016. Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Just About Intelligence, But Manipulating Humanity.
http://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence-isnt-intelligence-manipulating-humanity/
- Crawford, Kate. 2016. Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy Problem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/opinion/sunday/artificial-intelligences-white-guy-problem.html?_r=2
Session 23, 4/18:
Slovic, Paul. 1999. Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk-Assessment Battlefield.
Session 24, 4/20:
Karkazis, Katrina, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Georgiann Davies, & Silvia Camporesi. 2012. Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes.
Session 25, 4/25:
Lombrozo, Tania. 2014. Using Science to Blame Mothers.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/08/25/343121679/using-science-to-blame-mothers-check-your-values
Session 26, 4/27:
Gopnik, Alison. 2016. How Animals Think. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/how-animals-think/476364/
Sessions 3, 1/31:
Douglas, Heather. 2015. Values in science. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science.
Session 4, 2/2:
Chalmers, Alan. 1999. What is this thing called science? (Introduction + Chapters 1 & 2)
Sessions 11, 2/28:
Douglas, Heather. 2014. Values in Social Science.
Session 12, 3/2:
Anthony, Andrew. 2016. 2006 A Space Odity- The Great Pluto Debate.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/01/2006-space-oddity-pluto-debate-row?CMP=share_btn_tw
Session 13, 3/7:
Henrich, Joseph, Steven Heine & Ara Norenzayan. 2010. Most people are not WEIRD.
Session 14, 2/9:
Lloyd, Elisabeth. 1993. Pre-Theoretical Assumptions in Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality.
Session 15, 3/14:
Fine, Cordelia. 2010. Delusions of Gender (pp. 131-154, 168-175)
Session 17, 3/28:
Clark, Andy. Natural-Born Cyborgs? https://www.edge.org/conversation/natural-born-cyborgs
Session 18, 3/30:
- Rosenberg, Louis. 2016. Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Just About Intelligence, But Manipulating Humanity.
http://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence-isnt-intelligence-manipulating-humanity/
- Crawford, Kate. 2016. Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy Problem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/opinion/sunday/artificial-intelligences-white-guy-problem.html?_r=2
Session 23, 4/18:
Slovic, Paul. 1999. Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk-Assessment Battlefield.
Session 24, 4/20:
Karkazis, Katrina, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Georgiann Davies, & Silvia Camporesi. 2012. Out of Bounds? A Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes.
Session 25, 4/25:
Lombrozo, Tania. 2014. Using Science to Blame Mothers.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/08/25/343121679/using-science-to-blame-mothers-check-your-values
Session 26, 4/27:
Gopnik, Alison. 2016. How Animals Think. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/how-animals-think/476364/