Philosophy of Sciene (5)

Although it is Rector’s day our group came together in order to ensure that our presentation for Monday obtains some fine-tuning. For the red-line through the slides of “What science is”, “Scientific explanation”, and “Explanation in science” we prepared a common introduction as well as a common conclusion. We fixed the settings and fixed who should take over which task. For example, we adapted the quiz with a real selection round and decided who should be the candidates and what jokers should be used. Moreover we also talked through the other experiments and role plays. I was a little bit confused because I was asked to play a man who tells a little girl that he cannot be pregnant due to the fact of taking anti-baby-pills everyday. Finally I agreed to do it because the short role play should explain the irrelevance of Hempel’s covering law model of explanation. At the end all groups members promised to do some further preparation work and fine-tuning for a great performance in the classroom. Hopefully I have nevertheless a nice weekend!