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rounded view of what the philosophy of science involves. In the first three
sessions we explore cosmology, while in the remaining four sessions we
turn our attention to cognitive sciences.
So these are the questions that we will be exploring in the next three
lectures: Why was Cosmology regarded as a branch of philosophy for such
a long time? And what kind of specific philosophical problem did
Cosmology face before it became a science in its own right? And what does
current Cosmology tell us about the universe, its origin and fundamental
constituents?
Before we plunge into our journey from cosmos to consciousness and
computers, let us take a step back. In this introductory section we are going
to be asking, what is science and what is it about science that makes
scientific knowledge so special? And we are going to be looking at some of
the answers that philosophers of science have given to these questions.
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