Home > Philosophy > Quizzes > PHIL202 Final Exam - Philosophy of Science
PHIL202 Final Exam - Philosophy of Science
Fast practice, instant feedback. Timer auto-submits when time’s up.
Avg score: 0% • Most missed: “Which of the following is NOT a condition of adequacy for a pragmatic explanatio…”

MCQs on the origins and development of modern science and how that is distinguished from pseudo-science; the importance of deduction and induction and their separate methodologies; the process of the scientific method; scientific change and scientific revolutions, particularly that of Thomas Kuhn; and selected philosophical problems in the basic sciences, such as absolute space, biological classification, the modular mind, and recent discoveries of neuroscience.
 

PHIL202 Final Exam - Philosophy of Science
Time left 00:00
25 Questions

1. Because contemporary sociology exhibits no consensus on the outcomes of experiments or procedures, a low degree of control over raw materials, and no clear hierarchy regarding the relative importance of a varied and diverse collection of problems, contemporary sociology exhibits (in Richard Whitley's terminology)
2. Suppose there were a supreme being, such as God, with complete knowledge of the laws of nature and the causal history of the world, as well as an expert ability to construct arguments. Which account of explanation implies that this being could never EXPLAIN anything?
3. What is Larry Laudan's criticism of Thomas Kuhn's view of theory change?
4. Which of the following is NOT a condition of adequacy for a pragmatic explanation?
5. What is a paradigm?
6. According to scientist Mike Adler, which of the following is a reason that scientists neglect the study of ethics?
7. Whose account of theory change does the following schema illustrate: problem, followed by tentative theory, followed by failed error-elimination, followed by revision of auxiliary hypothesis?
8. The astronomer Johannes Kepler recorded a series of observations for the position of Mars in the sky and the distance of Mars from the sun at various times. Which of the following claims contains a conception that colligates (in William Whewell's sense of 'colligate') Kepler's observations of the position of Mars relative to the sun at various times?
9. According to the Bayesian account of confirmation, when does a piece of evidence confirm a hypothesis?
10. Why is the 'Quine-Duhem thesis' a challenge to Falsificationism?
11. According to Kuhn's view of theory change, when an experimental result conflicts with a theory's prediction, the conflict shows that
12. Which of the following claims is, in David Hume's terminology, a matter of fact?
13. According to Falsificationism, if a piece of evidence is very UNLIKELY to occur, but the posterior probability of some hypothesis relative to that evidence is greater than the prior probability of the hypothesis, then
14. What is Karl Popper's solution to the normative problem of induction?
15. Which of the following inference patterns does the problem of induction call into question?
16. According to Peter Weingart, when does the scientific community typically consider a debate to be closed?
17. According to the nomological account of explanation, an explanation provides information about
18. How would incorporating values into science, as Helen Longino suggests, solve the underdetermination problem?
19. Which of the following claims best expresses the Uniformity of Nature premise at the heart of inductive inferences?
20. According to Popper's view of theory change, when an experimental result conflicts with a theory's prediction, the conflict shows that
21. Even though, in his 1543 De revolutionibus orbium celestium, Nicolas Copernicus used the hypothesis of a sun-centered universe with a moving Earth to explain observed locations, and changes of location, of the planets, his hypothesis was underdetermined because
22. Which of the following claims, if true, would suffice to show that the theory-ladenness of observation is INCOMPATIBLE with the objectivity of scientific knowledge?
23. Which of the following questions is appropriate to the philosophy of science?
24. According to Laudan, what is a research tradition—that is, what is the appropriate object to be studied in order to understand change and progress in science?
25. According to Constructive Empiricism,

⚡ Recently practiced quizzes in this topic
Live quiz activity
Moral Philosophy A-Z Systems Of Indian Philosophy Modern Western Philosophy: Hegel Modern Western Philosophy: Empiricism - Locke Modern Western Philosophy: Rationalism - Descartes Ethics Test Questions Humanities and Philosophy PHIL102 Final Exam - Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic Classical Western Philosophy Contemporary Indian Philosophy
 
❤ If you liked Fatskills, consider supporting us by checking out The Life Manuals You Never Got.

🌈  Our mission is to help improve your scores in any subject and exam withonline quizzes, practice tests, study guides, & advice for students. Since 2018.
About | Explore | User Guide | Topics | Subjects | Doubt Solver | Career Aptitude Test | Answers | Free Tools | OSHA Basics Quiz | What Should We Know?
Privacy | Terms |
Without work one finishes nothing. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
© 2026 Fatskills.com

All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names, trademarks and brands does not imply endorsement.