This course explores how scientists use models and simulations to study and explain the world. Through examples from fields like biology, climate science, physics, AI, and neuroscience, students will examine how models represent reality, support experiments, and help scientists draw conclusions.
Learn more about this courseThis course explores how science works as a social system. Students will examine how scientific communities are organized, how scientists collaborate and compete, and how science interacts with society, while being introduced to key ideas and methods in the sociology of science and technology.
Learn more about this courseThis course explores how we use inference, not just sensory input, to make sense of the world. Students will learn the basics of logical reasoning through first-order logic and set theory while also examining common reasoning mistakes and the cognitive shortcuts that can lead to them.
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