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Module | Worldviews | Online lectures | Online lecture slides | Supplemental material for journals | Advised quiz completion dates | Module test completion dates. Red = Mandatory. Black = Advised. | Journal entry due dates. All mandatory | 0 | Intro | | | | |
| | 1 | Ch 1 | 1 | 1 | Belief systems | 5/29 | | | | Ch 2 | 2 | 2 | Descartes' Cogito | 5/30 | | | | Ch 3 | 3 | 3 | Thought experiments | 5/31 | Module 1: 6/1 | M1: 6/2 | 2 | Ch 4 | 4 | 4 | Varieties of induction | 6/2 | | |
| Ch 5 | 5 | 5 | Reflective equilibrium | 6/3 | | | | Ch 6 | 6 | 6 | Hume's significance | 6/4 | Module 2: 6/5 | M2: 6/6 | 3 | Ch 7 | 7 | 7 | Scientific method | 6/6 | | | | Ch 8 | 8 | 8 | Deutsch on explanation | 6/7 | Module 3: 6/8 | M3: 6/9 | 4 | Ch 9 | 9 | 9 | Russell on Aristotle | 6/10 | | | | Ch 10 | 10 | 10 | Sagan on Eratosthenes
| 6/10 | | | | Ch 11 | 11 | 11 | The Moon illusion
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| | | Ch 12 | 12 | 12 | Ideas of motion 1 & 2 | 6/11 | Module 4: 6/12 | M4: 6/13 | 5 | Ch 13 | 13 | 13 | The power of epicycles 1 & 2 | 6/13 | | | | Ch 14 | 14 | 14 | Islamic astronomy (1:58-2:30) | 6/14 | | | | Ch 15 | 15 | 15 | Tycho Brahe 1 , 2 | 6/15 | Module 5: 6/16 | M5: 6/17 | 6 | Ch 16 | 16 | 16 | Brahe and Kepler 1 & 2 | 6/17 | | | | Ch 17 | 17 | 17 | Galileo's telescope | 6/18 | | | | Ch 18 | 18 | 18 | William Harvey | 6/18 | Module 6: 6/19 | M6: 6/20 | 7 | Ch 19 | 19 | 19 | Infinite universe | 6/20 | | | | Ch 20 | 20 | 20 | Newtonian physics 1, 2 & 3 | 6/21 | | | | Ch 21 | 21 | 21 | Scientific realism | 6/22 | Module 7: 6/23 | M7: 6/24 | 8 | Ch 22 | 22 | 22 | Galilean v. special relativity 1 & 2 | 6/24 | | | | Ch 23 | 23 | 23 | Implications of special relativity 1,2,3 | 6/25 | | |
| Ch 24 | 24 | 24 | General relativity 1, 2, 3 & 4 | 6/26 | Module 8 6/27 | M8: 6/28 | 9 | Ch 25 | 25 | 25 | The quantum world 1, 2, 3, 4 | 6/28 | | | | Ch 26 | 26 | 26 | EPR, Bell's inequality 1 & 2 | 6/30 | Module 9 7/1 | M9: 7/2 | 10 | Ch 27 | 27 | 27 | Evolutionary theory 1, 2 | 7/2 | | | | Ch 28 | | 28A&B | Evolution of morals & religion 1, 2, 3 | 7/4 | Module 10 & Optional retake 7/6
| M10: 7/6
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