Unit 6: Optional theme — Philosophy of science
Topic 6.1: Nature and methodologies of science Questions
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Inductive reasoning is reasoning that goes:
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True or false? Hume's problem of induction is that people can't remember the past accurately.
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True or false? For Popper, the more confirming evidence a theory has, the more scientific it is.
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Fill the gap: the reasoning that leaps from observed cases to a general law about ALL cases is called ______.
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In Kuhn's picture, a 'paradigm' is:
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Why doesn't 'it uses evidence' work as the line between science and pseudo-science?
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Deductive reasoning is different from induction because it:
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For Popper, a theory counts as scientific only if it:
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What is 'normal science' for Kuhn?
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The best clue for telling science from pseudo-science is that:
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Scientific anti-realism claims that:
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How is Popper's falsification a response to Hume's problem of induction?
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'Conjecture and refutation' means science advances by:
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The demarcation problem is the problem of:
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True or false? 'Makes predictions' is a good test for telling science from pseudo-science.
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Why is Einstein's theory scientific for Popper?
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One genuine problem for Popper's falsification is that:
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Why does Popper think confirmations are 'cheap'?
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For Kuhn, what triggers a scientific revolution (a paradigm shift)?
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Feyerabend's slogan 'anything goes' is meant to claim that:
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