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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

PHIL 431 - History of Scientific Thought


Study of selected topics in the history of science, such as the impact of Euclidean geometry, the Copernican Revolution, the origin of modern science, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the transition from classical to modern physics, and the rise of evolutionary biology.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
Notes: Satisfies Humanities Requirement. This course is crosslisted with PHIL 631. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.