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What is Science? Flashcards

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3 Terms of Kuhn

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Scientific progress
Stages
Paradigm

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3 Terms of Lakartos

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Prediction
Progressive vs. Degenerative
Research Programm

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6 Terms of Popper

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Trial & Error
Ad hoc modification
Logical impossibility of verification
Falsification
Prohibition
Hypothetico-deductive method
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Logical Positivism

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Identified as the core principle of the scientific method: a statement is scientific only if it can be verified as true/false through value free observation

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How does Verificationism work?

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Observation -> induction -> verification (based on correspondence theory of truth)

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What is the main problem of Logical Positivism?

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Knowledge can’t be produced from facts alone

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The 4 ways of gathering knowledge

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  1. Method of tenacity (tradition)
  2. Method of authority (opinions formed by consulting experts)
  3. Priori method (deductive reasoning, intuition, logic)
  4. Scientific method
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Pragmatism in Science

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Utility as most important aspect when judging the worth of new knowledge

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