Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It
Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It
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Mohannad from
The best lecture series I have ever attended!
Prof. Goldman is a phenomenal educator. Once he starts talking, I am completely hooked as if I am watching a thriller!
The historic narration and how he relates different scientists at different centuries is really well explained and gives you a very clear perspective.
Date published: 2020-12-18
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None4 from
Beautifully executed by masterful teacher
This professor is so very adept at presenting this subject. I have watched it twice, some parts 3 times. I wish i were as effective a teacher as he.
Date published: 2020-09-18
Rated 5 out of
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JimLH from
Historical thinking in science.
Excellent Professor and enlightening course content.
Date published: 2020-03-02
Rated 3 out of
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D Evan from
Not enough real-world examples.
It's a bit hard to follow all the philosophizing when the concepts are not related to something we can comprehend in the physical realm. Goldman does give some real-world examples as he goes along, but not nearly enough. Therefore I find I sometimes just give up and skip to the next lecture.
Date published: 2019-09-29
Rated 5 out of
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usarkurtg from
extraordinarily good
Whoever is interested in the development of the philosophy of science, everyone a bit critical amongst scientist and people interested in science, everyone who wants to know from which assumptions he or she starts looking at science without being aware of it,all of them should buy this course,its fascinating in every aspect-and dont forget to also listen to the philosophy of science course by another professor..If You have made it through this two you will see science in a new light..satisfaction guaranteed
Date published: 2019-09-15
Rated 5 out of
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McDonnell56 from
This is the best course on Science
Greetings, I am motivated to write a review because of all the course I have taken this is the best, most insightful review of how we know what we know and how science works. This course should be all five reviews but there are people who have given it a one and I do not understand that. One person who gave it a one said it was mis-titled, because it was suppose to be a about science and it wasn't. I disagree. Having done science for a living, poured gels and sequenced DNA the old fashioned way, spliced genes and written many papers in Science, I can say this course is all about science. It is not mis-named. Dr. Goldman's other two course are equally excellent.
Date published: 2019-06-08
Rated 5 out of
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2lh35h from
One of the best ever "The Great Courses"
This course is hard to categorize because it explores the philosophy of science as well as the scientific method. It is simply stunning in its scope. Dr. Goldman's presentation is passionate, thorough and compelling. A knock-out!!!
Date published: 2019-06-08
Rated 4 out of
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Omnivore2 from
Epistemology on Steroids
In 24 lectures, this course discusses the nature of scientific knowledge, from a historical and philosophical point of view. Specifically, it addresses the dichotomy of (1) science as revealing concepts and truths that are objective, absolute, and independent of our understanding of them, versus (2) scientific knowledge as provisional and evolutionary over time as it is qualified and extended by new discoveries, concepts, and technology. This is heavy stuff—definitely a graduate-level course for people with both a solid grounding in science and also some background in philosophy—and I found it both excellent and hard work, whose content I could not handle in doses exceeding one lecture a day. Professor Goldman is impressive: brilliant, insightful, and erudite. The course in video is almost entirely just him standing there (or, actually, gesturing as he paces back and forth), with very little illustrative material, for content that is often conceptually both complex and abstract—although I think that on audio it would have been even more difficult to concentrate on and follow. Dr Goldman is as articulate as any course presenter I have encountered, although I must say he also wins the prize for the longest, most complex sentences—often more than 100 words long, with dependent clauses within dependent clauses, yet always grammatically correct. This feature, combined with the highly abstract, frequently subtle nature of the topics under discussion made this course the most challenging I have taken. Worth it, though: I learned a lot.
Date published: 2019-01-21
Steven L. Goldman
After 50 years, I continue to find new depths and fresh excitement in studying the history and philosophy of science.
ALMA MATER
Boston University
INSTITUTION
Lehigh University
About Steven L. Goldman
Dr. Steven L. Goldman is the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Lehigh University, where he has taught for 30 years. He earned his B.S. in Physics at the Polytechnic University of New York and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston University.
Before taking his position at Lehigh, Professor Goldman taught at The Pennsylvania State University, where he was a cofounder of one of the first U.S. academic programs in science, technology, and society studies.
Professor Goldman has received the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award from Lehigh University. A prolific author, he has written or edited eight books, including Science, Technology, and Social Progress, and he has an impressive list of scholarly articles and reviews to his credit. He has been a national lecturer for the scientific research society Sigma Xi and a national program consultant for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
