← Philosophy of Science — Guido
Timeline
All 15 texts of the course in order of publication, 1748–2025. Readings link to their page; further reading opens the text.
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1687
- Newton, Principia Mathematica
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1748
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Section IV, parts I & II; Section V, parts I & II
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1781
- Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
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1905
- Einstein's special theory of relativity
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1929
- Vienna Circle manifesto, Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung
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1930
- Carnap and Reichenbach take over Erkenntnis
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1932
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Positivism and Realism
Erkenntnis 3 (1932)
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The Elimination of Metaphysics Through Logical Analysis of Language
Erkenntnis 2 (1932); transl. A. Pap in A.J. Ayer (ed.), Logical Positivism (Free Press 1959)
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1934
- Popper, Logik der Forschung
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1936
- Schlick murdered in Vienna
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1938
- Anschluss; Vienna Circle members emigrate
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1950
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1951
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Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Philosophical Review 60, pp. 20–43
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1955
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The New Riddle of Induction
In Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (Harvard University Press), ch. 3
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1958
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Observation
In Patterns of Discovery (Cambridge University Press), ch. 1
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1962
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The Nature and Necessity of Scientific Revolutions
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (University of Chicago Press), ch. IX
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1973
- Weak neutral currents observed at CERN (Gargamelle)
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1977
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Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice
In The Essential Tension (University of Chicago Press), pp. 320–339
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1982
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Experimentation and Scientific Realism
Philosophical Topics 13, pp. 71–87
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1984
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Against Putting the Phenomena First: The Discovery of the Weak Neutral Current
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 15, pp. 85–117
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1999
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Models as Autonomous Agents
In M.S. Morgan & M. Morrison (eds.), Models as Mediators (Cambridge University Press), pp. 38–65
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2025