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Angela Potochnik
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Philosopher of science, Director of Center for Public Engagement with Science at University of Cincinnati. Books: Idealization and the Aims of Science, Recipes for Science, Science and the Public. www.angelapotochnik.com
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Great to hear, thanks for checking it out!

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I’m surprised that methods isn’t higher on your list for undergrads and grads. There seems to be shockingly little about methods in formal science curricula.

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Fwiw the course and book I describe in this thread include historical and contemporary case studies and include issues like participation in science and mistrust of science.

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Amazing!

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That’s great to hear! Please let me know if it’s useful. As you’ll see, we also have some short videos aligned with several of the topics. We hope someday to offer teacher professional development on these themes…

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The approach we take in our course is to conduct science communication with undergraduates by focusing on what methods makes science reliable and trustworthy. More or less. Which is philosophy of science.

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…contemporary discussions often apply more directly both to contemporary science and contemporary questions about science. In some other contexts historical reading is very important though, of course.

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Not sure if your question is directed at me or Dr. Damien Williams who commented just above. For my part, I don’t know those thinkers well. In general, I think some historical work can be useful in this context, but…

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I don’t know about kindle, but there is an ebook version of some kind.

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Great to hear, thank you!

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Angela Potochnik
@apotochnik.bsky.social
Philosopher of science, Director of Center for Public Engagement with Science at University of Cincinnati. Books: Idealization and the Aims of Science, Recipes for Science, Science and the Public. www.angelapotochnik.com
570 followers295 following68 posts