What makes a disease? Diseases are more than biological phenomena. They are also socially and culturally created. How do these aspects communicate to “create” a disease, and how does this conception change how we analyze them? In this course, we will examine several key diseases: leprosy, asthma, and hay fever, and consider what “makes” the disease. We will then apply the same strategies to COVID-19 as a class.
Learn more about this courseThis course explores the historical and philosophical aspects of the Cyberpunk genre, including films, literature, and games such as Bladerunner, Neuromancer, and Cyberpunk 2077. They pose questions as relevant today as ever: What happens if science and technology progress, but so do existing institutions and inequalities? What happens as technology takes over peoples’ lives? We will discuss issues such as human nature and identity, the social facets of technology, and the nature of progress itself.
Learn more about this courseAn introduction to the formative steps in the scientific tradition as well as philosophical investigations of the nature of science.
Learn more about this courseHistory is long, but time is short. This course will offer a condensed introduction to the history of Western science, covering around 3,000 years of history in 8 short weeks.
Learn more about this courseThe pursuit of scientific knowledge involves systematic observations, formulating testable hypotheses, and developing a theory consistent with the available data and other accepted theories.
Learn more about this courseThe pursuit of scientific knowledge involves systematic observations, formulating testable hypotheses, and developing a theory consistent with the available data and other accepted theories.
Learn more about this courseScientists, politicians, administrators and the lay public pay attention to scientific claims and controversies.
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