| Required Texts The following texts, designated 'primary,' will figure prominently in class discussion and analysis; a thorough understanding of their contents is advised:
- Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design, Reissue. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1996.
- Flanagan, Owen J. The Science of the Mind, 2nd Ed., Revised and Expanded. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991.
- Hacking, Ian. Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosoophy of Natural Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- Jauch, Josef. M. Are Quanta Real?: A Galilean Dialogue. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press (Midland Books: No. 545), 1990.
- Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Third Edition. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- Lewontin, R.C. Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA. Harper Collins, 1991.
- Reichenbach, Hans. From Copernicus to Einstein. New York: Dover Publications, 1980.
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Recommended Texts
The following texts, designated 'supplemental,' provide additional commentary on, background for, or development of the central issues discussed in the course; a limited supply of these texts will be available in the bookstore:
- Aczel, Amir. Entanglement. New York: Plume, 2003.
- Dennett, Daniel C. Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. Reprint Edition. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
- Deutsch, David. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World. New York: Viking Books, 2011.
- Lewontin, R.C. The Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Newton-Smith, W.H., ed. A Companion to the Philosophy of Science. (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2001.
- Sartori, Leo. Understanding Relativity: A Simplified Approach to Einstein's Theories. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1995.
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