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History and Philosophy of Science at 海角社区 is an interdisciplinary program that aims to provide students with an understanding of science through the study of both its historical development and of some of the fundamental philosophical principles upon which it rests.

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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration History and Philosophy of Science(18 Credits)

Offered by:Philosophy

Degree:Bachelor of Arts

Program Requirement:

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

18 credits with a maximum of 9 credits at the 200 level selected as follows:

Philosophy of Science

6-12 credits of courses focused on the Philosophy of Science with no more than 6 credits at the 200 level chosen from the following:

Communication Studies (COMS)

COMS 210 Intro to Communication Studies 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Studies: The social and cultural implications of media. Surveys theory and case studies relevant key issues such as the ownership, structure and governance of media industries; the significance of emergent media technologies; and the roles of media as cultural forms and practices.

Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 278 or ENGC 210
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Malcolm Sanger

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

HPSC 300 Indpend St: Hist & Phil of Sci 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hist & Phil of Science: Offered by special arrangement between students in Arts or Science and a professor in either a Science or a Social Science Department. The purpose is to enable a student to undertake for credit the study of a special topic in the History or the Philosophy of Science.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: Permission of Director and History & Philosophy of Science Committee
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HPSC 500 Interdisc Sem:Hist&Phil of Sci 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hist & Phil of Science: At least one topic will be chosen from each of the four major areas: the mathematical, the physical, the biological, the social sciences.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: none
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

Philosophy (PHIL)

PHIL 210 Intro to Deductive Logic 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Michael Frank Hallett
PHIL 221 Intro to Hist & Phil of Sci 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of the development of modern science since the Eighteenth Century.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Eran Tal
PHIL 306 Philosophy of Mind 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A survey of major positions of the mind-body problem, focusing on such questions as: Do we have minds and bodies? Can minds affect bodies? Is mind identical to body? If so, in what sense "identical"? Can physical bodies be conscious.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  David Davies
PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A second course in Logic. NB. The course will be technical in nature, and some mathematical aptitude is essential. The emphasis is on the expressive properties of standard logical systems, including implications for the philosophy of mathematics. We will study the Completeness of First-Order Logic, then the 'limitative' theorems of Tarski and G枚del.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Michael Frank Hallett
PHIL 311 Philosophy of Mathematics 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: This course provides an historically informed introduction to philosophy of mathematics. It gives the student an overview of prominent issues and arguments, to enable her to follow and discuss contemporary research in philosophy of mathematics.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 210
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Dirk Schlimm
PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A discussion of philosophical problems as they arise in the context of scientific practice and enquiry. Such issues as the philosophical presuppositions of the physical and social sciences, the nature of scientific method and its epistemological implications will be addressed.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Oran Magal
PHIL 350 Hist & Phil of Ancient Sci 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: Topics in ancient pure mathematics (geometry and number theory), "mixed mathematics" (astronomy, music theory, optics, mechanics), and/or natural science (including medicine), studied with a view to philosophical issues raised by the content of ancient science and/or by the logic of scientific argument.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
PHIL 411 Topics in Phil of Logic & Math 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: A course focusing on some philosophical issue (e.g., the nature of numbers or the relation of truth to provability) as it arises in the study of mathematics and logic.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or the equivalent, and one intermediate course in philosophy
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Dirk Schlimm
PHIL 441 Philosophy of Science 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An analysis of some key philosophical ideas in science and technology, e.g. problem, explanation, forecast, testability and truth.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite: PHIL 341 or written permission of the instructor
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Eran Tal
PHIL 453 Ancient Metaphys&Naturl Phil 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An examination of central themes of ancient metaphysics and/or natural philosophy as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly including some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Alison Laywine

History of Science

6-12 credits of courses focused on the History of Science with no more than 6 credits at the 200 level chosen from the following:

Anthropology (ANTH)

ANTH 359 Hist of Archaeological Theory 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: A systematic investigation of the theories that have guided the interpretation of prehistoric archaeological data since the Middle Ages; the relationship between these theories and theoretical developments in the other social sciences.

Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Prerequisites: ANTH 201 or ANTH 203 or ANTH 210.
- Restriction(s): Students must be U2 or U3 standing.
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Nicole C Couture

Biology (BIOL)

BIOL 210 Perspectives of Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): This course is an introduction to the thinking, language and practices of scientists. Its objective is to bridge the gap between science and the humanities, and in particular to allow students enrolled in the Minor Concentration in Science for Arts to pursue their interests in specific scientific disciplines.

Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Alanna J Watt, Michael Hendricks

History (HIST)

HIST 249 Health&the Healer in West Hist 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The natural history of health and disease and the development of the healing arts, from antiquity to the beginning of modern times. The rise of "western" medicine. Health and healing as gradually evolving aspects of society and culture.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Sebestian Kroupa, Thomas Schlich
HIST 319 The Scientific Revolution 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The intellectual and cultural history of science and technology, in Europe and in the wider world, from the time of Leonardo to the time of Newton (c. 1500-c.1700).

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 212, HIST 214, HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 226, HIST 238, HIST 249 or HIST 250 recommended.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 335 Science and Medicine in Canada 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The social and intellectual history of science and medicine in Canada, from early exploration, through the rise of learned societies, universities and professional organizations, to World War II.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 350 Science and the Enlightenment 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Explores the relationship between the natural sciences and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Examination of works in post-Newtonian science as well as their broader cultural meaning, the history of material practices, the origins of social science, and the role of geography and international context beyond Western Europe.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215 or HIST 238 recommended.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 356 Medicine in the Medieval West 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The history of ideas about the human body, disease and therapeutics and the diverse practices of medicine in western Europe in the Middle Ages (ca. AD 300-1500), with particular attention to their social, intellectual, cultural and religious context.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 212, HIST 214 or HIST 249 recommended.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 410 Topics in History of Science 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Specific theme in the history of science, such as scientific instruments, experimental practices, uses of the body, knowledge and museums, scientific institutions, or science and empire.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: A prior course on history of science or HPSC 300 or permission of Instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to U0 or U1 students
- Themes (and/or periods) vary year to year.
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 452 Topics in Pre-Modern Medicine 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The history of the evolution of ideas about the human body, disease and therapeutics and the diverse practices of medicine prior to the advent of modern clinical and laboratory medicine in the 19th c., with particular attention to social, political, cultural and religious context.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisites: HIST 214 or HIST 249 and a 300-level course in History or permission of instructor.
- Priority is given to students registered in the Minor Concentration in Social Studies of Medicine
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Sebestian Kroupa
HIST 457 Topics in Medical History 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: This course explores different topics in medical history. Topics to be explored include the role of medicine from ancient to modern times.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 349 or HIST 356 or permission of instructor
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Thomas Schlich
HIST 558 Modern Medicine: Seminar 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The emergence of scientific medicine, medical professionalization, the development of public health and the process of medical specialization since 1700.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 559 Modern Medicine: Research 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Supervised design, research, writing, and discussion of a major research paper on a theme in the history of modern medicine since 1700.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 567D1 Seminar: Medieval Medicine 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Models of the body, disease and medical intervention current in western Europe between 400 and 1500 AD will be examined through analysis of primary sources in translation, and modern historical scholarship.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Students must register for both HIST 567D1 and HIST 567D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 567D1 and HIST 567D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HIST 567D2 Seminar: Medieval Medicine 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Models of the body, disease and medical intervention current in western Europe between 400 and 1500 AD will be examined through analysis of primary sources in translation, and modern historical scholarship. The sequel to this course is HIST 496.

Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 567D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 567D1 and HIST 567D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

HPSC 300 Indpend St: Hist & Phil of Sci 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hist & Phil of Science: Offered by special arrangement between students in Arts or Science and a professor in either a Science or a Social Science Department. The purpose is to enable a student to undertake for credit the study of a special topic in the History or the Philosophy of Science.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: Permission of Director and History & Philosophy of Science Committee
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
HPSC 500 Interdisc Sem:Hist&Phil of Sci 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hist & Phil of Science: At least one topic will be chosen from each of the four major areas: the mathematical, the physical, the biological, the social sciences.

Offered by: Philosophy
- Restriction: none
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year

Mathematics (MATH)

MATH 338 History & Philosophy of Math 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, Indian and Arab contributions to mathematics are studied together with some modern developments they give rise to, for example, the problem of trisecting the angle. European mathematics from the Renaissance to the 18th century is discussed, culminating in the discovery of the infinitesimal and integral calculus by Newton and Leibnitz. Demonstration of how mathematics was done in past centuries, and involves the practice of mathematics, including detailed calculations, arguments based on geometric reasoning, and proofs.

Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- Prerequisites: MATH 133, MATH 141.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  J茅r么me Fortier

Psychology (PSYC)

PSYC 403 Modern Psych in Hist Persp 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Psychology: A survey of the scientific and ideological influences on psychology from its philosophical beginnings through the period of the schools to its modern situation.

Offered by: Psychology
- Fall
- 2 lectures
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Zbigniew Pleszewski

For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.

Complementary Courses

Students complete 18 credits of complimentary courses with a maximum of 9 credits at the 200听level from the two groups: Philosophy of Science, and History of Science.听

If you find a course that you believe fits into the program, but is not listed in the two groups below as part of the Complimentary Courses, do not hesitate to contact the Program Director to see if you can get special approval to take it! Obtain a course syllabus (if possible), or a prospective, and send it along with a rationale as to which group you believe the course would fit into to the Program Director, and we will be happy to evaluate it for you.

The Independent Research course听HPSC 300 is offered by special arrangement between students in Arts or Science and a professor in either an Arts, Science, or Social Science Department. The purpose is to enable a student to undertake for credit the study of a special topic in the History or the Philosophy of Science.

Both HPSC 300 and HPSC 500 can be counted toward either the听Philosophy of Science or History of Science group.

History of Science

6-12 credits of courses focused on the History of Science with no more than 6 credits at the 200 level chosen from the following:

Anthropology (ANTH)

ANTH 359 Hist of Archaeological Theory 3 Credits

Offered in the:

Fall
Winter
Summer

Biology (BIOL)

BIOL 210 Perspectives of Science 3 Credits

Offered in the:

Fall
Winter
Summer

Computer Science (COMP)

COMP 280 Hist and Phil of Computing 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

History (HIST)

HIST 249 Health&the Healer in West Hist 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 319 The Scientific Revolution 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 335 Science and Medicine in Canada 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 350 Science and the Enlightenment 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 356 Medicine in the Medieval West 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 410 Topics in History of Science 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 452 Topics in Pre-Modern Medicine 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 457 Topics in Medical History 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 558 Modern Medicine: Seminar 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 559 Modern Medicine: Research 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 567D1 Seminar: Medieval Medicine 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HIST 567D2 Seminar: Medieval Medicine 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

HPSC 300 Indpend St: Hist & Phil of Sci 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HPSC 500 Interdisc Sem:Hist&Phil of Sci 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

Islamic Studies (ISLA)

ISLA 345 Science&Civilization in Islam 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

Mathematics (MATH)

MATH 338 History & Philosophy of Math 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

Psychology (PSYC)

PSYC 403 Modern Psych in Hist Persp 3 Credits

Offered in the:

Fall
Winter
Summer

Philosophy of Science

6-12 credits of courses focused on the Philosophy of Science with no more than 6 credits at the 200 level chosen from the following:

Communication Studies (COMS)

COMS 210 Intro to Communication Studies 3 Credits

Offered in the:

Fall
Winter
Summer

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

HPSC 300 Indpend St: Hist & Phil of Sci 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

HPSC 500 Interdisc Sem:Hist&Phil of Sci 3 Credits

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Fall
Winter
Summer

Philosophy (PHIL)

PHIL 210 Intro to Deductive Logic 1 3 Credits

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Winter
Summer

PHIL 221 Intro to Hist & Phil of Sci 2 3 Credits

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PHIL 306 Philosophy of Mind 3 Credits

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PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic 3 Credits

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PHIL 311 Philosophy of Mathematics 3 Credits

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PHIL 340 Course not available

PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science 1 3 Credits

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Summer

PHIL 350 Hist & Phil of Ancient Sci 3 Credits

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PHIL 411 Topics in Phil of Logic & Math 3 Credits

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Winter
Summer

PHIL 440 Course not available

PHIL 441 Philosophy of Science 2 3 Credits

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Winter
Summer

PHIL 453 Ancient Metaphys&Naturl Phil 3 Credits

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Fall
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Summer

Religious Studies (RELG)

RELG 340 Course not available

Sociology (SOCI)

SOCI 338 Course not available

Degree Audits

Degree audits are a tool utilized to see if a requirement has or has not been fulfilled, or if it is in progress. It is a self assessment, and we highly recommend doing them regularly. For a detailed description and links to the History and Philosophy of Science program degree audit, see the Arts Interdisciplinary听Forms & Resources page.

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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration History and Philosophy of Science(18 Credits)

Program Requirement:

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

Philosophy of Science

Communication Studies (COMS)

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

Philosophy (PHIL)

History of Science

Anthropology (ANTH)

Biology (BIOL)

History (HIST)

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

Mathematics (MATH)

Psychology (PSYC)

Complementary Courses

History of Science

Anthropology (ANTH)

Biology (BIOL)

Computer Science (COMP)

History (HIST)

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

Islamic Studies (ISLA)

Mathematics (MATH)

Psychology (PSYC)

Philosophy of Science

Communication Studies (COMS)

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)

Philosophy (PHIL)

Religious Studies (RELG)

Sociology (SOCI)

Degree Audits

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