Science and Values

HPS 200, Fall 2017



Course Information

time: Mondays, 10:00am-12:00pm
room: NF003
instructor: Michael Miller

email: mike.miller@utoronto.ca
office: JHB514
office hours: TBD

Teaching Assistants

Mariya Boyko

Craig Knox

Charlotte Marcotte-Toale

Adrian Yee

Course Documents

Syllabus

Final Exam Topics

Final Exam Scores

Schedule*

*Subject to revision.

MeetingDateTopicReadingAssignment
1Sep 11Introduction None
2Sep 18Philosophical Background
Climate Change I		Rudner, Levi
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3Sep 25Inductive Risk
Climate Change II		Douglas
Oreskes & Conway
4Oct 2Dangerous Knowledge
The Rise of Big Science		Lakoff
Bush pp. vii-40		Case One
--Oct 9ThanksgivingNo Class
5Oct 16Funding Research I
Basic Research		Sarewitz Ch. 1-2
Riordan
6Oct 23Funding Research II
Disease Research		Sarewitz Ch. 3-4
Reiss & Kitcher, Flory & Kitcher
7Oct 30The Role of ExpertsSarewitz Ch. 5
Douglas		Case Two
--Nov 6Reading WeekNo Class
8Nov 13Psychiatry I
Defining Mental Disorder		McNally Ch. 1-2
Wakefield
9Nov 20Psychiatry II
Cosequences of Diagnosis		McNally Ch. 5-6,8
Wakefield
10Nov 27New Challenges I
The Replication Crisis and p-Hacking		Baker
Head, Bruns		Case Three
11Dec 4New Challenges II
Big Data		Marr, Lazer
Lohr, Marcus
12Dec 7 (Thursday)Canadian Research in 2017
Review		Duncan
​		Case Four
--TBDFinal Exam--