Exam 1: Introduction

Whig histories of science are typically internalist, seeing science as:

A somewhat controversial aspect of Thomas Kuhn's picture of science is the idea:

Isaac Newton's critics argued that he never explained how gravity actually worked. Newton's response was "Hypotheses non fingo", which essentially means:

In terms of how science changes, one could argue that Historian Thomas Kuhn's analysis uses a ___________ approach that emphasis the human dimension of science. In contrast, Sir Karl Popper offered an interesting theory of scientific change because Popper tackles the question of how science changes from a ________ rather than a historical point of view.

Logical Positivism: Match type of term to a suitable example -mathematical

From the causal perspective on scientific explanation, the chief failure of the covering-law model is its:

Match philosophical account of theories to its description. -naturalism

If a scientist believes that his or her theory may actually be true, then he or she is a(n):

Compare and contrast the Buddhist and Western conceptions of the mind and its importance.

In the Hempel and Oppenheim covering-law model of explanation, the explanadum is the:

According to Karl Popper, a discipline that claims to be a science is really a pseudoscience like astrology if it:

The Historian Thomas Kuhn proposed the concept of a paradigm among scientists. Paradigms can __________.

Which of the following is used by the Old History of psychology?

Concerning the tension between reasons and causes in history of science, the Whig history of science has tended to overestimate ___________ viewing history of science as ________.

A good example of a concept that is a social construction and yet can still be an object of scientific study is:

In terms of the nature of scientific change, contrast the traditional rational view of scientific change with a naturalistic approach to science.

Imagine the author of a History of Psychology Text Book (know as book X) devotes a single chapter to "The Great Men of Psychology". In contrast, the author of your textbook has sought to place psychology within larger social and historical patterns. One could argue that your history of psychology text represents an example of ______ while text book (X) represents a more _____ dimension in the history of science.

The thesis that unobserved, theoretically postulated entities actually exist is called:

Problems for Kuhn's analysis of science include:

Describe the Newtonian style of modern science and explain how it developed into positivism. Be sure to discuss the issues related to description, prediction, control, and explanation.