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Sally believes that Darwinian evolution can explain why one species of butterfly has larger wings than another species of butterfly. Why should the theory of evolution count as an authoritative scientific explanation? What sort of checklist is necessary for a view to count as scientific? Is there even such a checklist? Throughout history, theories that scientists confidently held as true turned out to be false and were replaced with new theories. Should the fact that theories are replaced by new ones diminish the confidence we have in the theoretical approchaes that we currently hold as true? If you are interested in such questions, you should enroll in a Philosophy of Science course at College of DuPage. PHILOSOPHY 2200 Introduction to Philosophy of Science 3 credit hours Spring The foundations of scientific theory and methodology approached by means of philosophical analysis of the fundamental concepts in science, such as cause, prediction, function, motion, event, inductive generalization, statistical probability, and the space/time continuum. Prerequisite: Course requires Reading Placement Test Score-Category One. (3 lecture hours) Recommended for students who are interested in the study and critical analysis of a philosophical and historical analysis of science, particularly students in Philosophy and the Natural Sciences.