Exam 1: The Usefulness of Philosophy in Criminology

Who believed in God-given free will and holding criminals responsible for their actions?

Philosophy means:

Philosophers' work is judged by:

Einstein's works often referenced the philosophical works of:

Who lectured extensively on Immanuel Kant's ontology and epistemology in terms of interpreting quantum phenomena?

Determinism is the operating assumption of criminological theories defined as positivist, such as _________.

B. F. Skinner insisted that we don't have free will but keep pretending that we do.

Behavioral genetic studies consistently find that as we age the influences of shared environments on our personalities and cognitive abilities ___________.

For empirical scientists, philosophy is a waste of time and has nothing to offer.

Genetic determinism is the idea that ____________.

Philosophers use logic that is:

Philosophy concerns itself with examining the assumptions, methods, and ethics that to particular sciences as well as "grand problems" central to all sciences.

Social learning theories have a(n) ____________ concept of human nature

The principle that virtue lies at the midpoint between polar vices of excess and deficiency is _________ golden mean.

__________ states that given the presence of X, there is a certain probability that Y will occur.

According to the text, it would seem most social scientists, if judged by the content of their textbooks, journals, and curriculum, are ___________.