This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Philosophy and Economics, BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and BSc in Politics and Philosophy. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. This year, some or all of this teaching will take place online.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT. Students are also required to prepare to discuss a few short questions in each weekly class meeting.
Weekly essential readings will be provided on Moodle, selected individually from various book chapters and journal articles. Some indicative readings include: - MacKenzie, Donald.?An Engine Not a Camera, excerpts. - Malkin, Burton G.?A random walk down Wallstreet, excerpts. - Norton, John D. Einstein for Everyone,?Chapters 34-37 on Brownian motion and the origins of quantum theory. - Weatherall, James O. The Physics of Wallstreet?(optional further reading)
Essay (50%, 1500 words) in the LT Week 11. Essay (50%, 1500 words) in the ST.