Philosophy of Science (Tim Byron)

Question 1

What is the point of theories under Positivism?

Answer 1

explain relationships in data. Theories aren’t true but next way to explain= no causality

Question 2

Who introduced problem of induction? what are the two solutions?

Answer 2

Hume: we can’t justify world we’ve experienced represents everything

1. Inductivism (positivism)
2. Deductivism- hume was right- but we can know which are false

Question 3

Deductivism- Kuhn

Answer 3

In reality scientists ignore falsifications. Science is a paradigm shift

Question 4

Who were deductivists?

Answer 4

Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, Feyerabend

Question 5

Feyerabend:

Answer 5

Anything goes- anarchist view of science