quiz to

philosophy of science can be broken down into two (2) parts:

• knowledge and epistemology

• Scientific realism and Scientific antirealism

• Reductionism and Theoretical pluralism

• Scientific method and research

"knowledge" portion

• which encompasses the scientific fields and their importance to society

• the methods

  and its importance to the formation of knowledge.

John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

Francis Bacon (1561–1626)

What scientific method they proposed?

• Inductive Reasoning

• Hypothetico-deductive

  method

• Epistemological

  Anarchism

• The Problem of

  Induction

proposed that the inferred conclusion is

absolute and applies to everything else.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Inductive Reasoning

• Falsificationism

• Testing Scientific

  Theories

David Hume (1711–1776)

What scientific method he proposed?

• The Problem of

  Induction

• Hypothetico-deductive

  method

• Deductive Reasoning

• Testing Scientific

  Theories

____________________ is that

"not all conclusions can be considered as

general truths."

• The Problem of

  Induction

• Epistemological

  Anarchism

• Deductive Reasoning

• Testing Scientific

  Theories

Conclusions can only be determined through

rigorous experimentation, implying the

importance of quantitative data. The

hypothesis has more bearing in the pursuit of

knowledge.

• Inductive Reasoning

• The Problem of

  Induction

• Hypothetico-deductive

  method

• Epistemological

  Anarchism

Karl Hempel (1905–1997)

• Hypothetico-deductive

  method

• Bayesian Confirmation

  Theory

• Inductive Reasoning

• The Problem of

  Induction

Rev. Thomas Bayes (c.

1701–1761)

• Bayesian Confirmation

  Theory

• Deductive Reasoning

• Hypothetico-deductive

  method

• Scientific realism

It is a quantitative form of confirmation that

provides numerical support to the hypothesis

rather than stating outright that the hypothesis

is correct. Its results and framework were

based on using probability tools

• The Problem of

  Induction

• Inductive Reasoning

• Bayesian Confirmation

  Theory

• Testing Scientific

  Theories