13 - The New Philosophy of Science

<p>Session #13 of the REINFORCE Critical &amp; Scientific Thinking course, entitled, &#39;The New Philosophy of Science&#39;, is given by Stefano Gattei, Professor of Science in Society, at the University of Trento, Italy.</p> <p>During the session, Prof. Gattei begins with a brief recap of the history of the revolution in scientific thought during the first half of the twentieth century, before introducing the revolutionary New Philosophy of Science, which emerged with the opening of the second half of the century. The session covers the works of Kuhn and Feyerabend, while also exploring Toulmin, Hanson and Polanyi.</p>