Video: Introduction to Philosophy Online Class Session — The Nature of Truth and Philosophy of Science

The following is a video recording of my recent Introduction to Philosophy online class session on the Nature of Truth and Philosophy of Science. See below for a list of topics covered in this online class session.

Introduction to Philosophy Online Class Session — The Nature of Truth and Philosophy of Science

Date

April 9, 2020

Instructor

Zachary Fruhling, College of Eastern Idaho

Topics Covered:

• Theories of Truth:

  • Correspondence Theory

  • Coherence Theory

  • Pragmatism

  • Postmodernism:

    • Subjective Truth

    • Cultural Truth

    • Truth in Historical Context

    • Local/Regional Truth

    • Truth as Narrative (Lyotard)

    • Hyperreality (Baudrillard)

    • Truth as Metaphor (Nietzsche)

    • Truth as Power/Knowledge (Foucault)

• Contingent/Empirical Truth vs. Necessary/Logical Truth

• Scientific Truth:

  • Verification vs. Falsification

  • Logical Positivism and the Verifiability Criterion

  • The Demarcation Problem

  • The Realism/Antirealism Debate

  • Thomas Kuhn and Paradigm Shifts

• Types of Definitions:

  • Stipulative Definitions

  • Lexical Definitions

  • Precising Definitions

  • Theoretical Definitions

  • Persuasive Definitions

  • Operational Definitions

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