Question 1
If the consequence that you predict from your hypothesis comes true, what follows from this?
Answer: It provides some inductive support for the hypothesis
Question 2
A claim is falsifiable if __________.
Answer: we know how one could show it to be false
Question 3
Inductive arguments are preferable in some instances because they __________.
Answer: can be more persuasive
Question 4
Which one of the following is most likely to be an inference to the best explanation?
Answer: “My car won’t start; it’s probably the battery.”
Question 5
Which of the following is true of inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning?
Answer: Deductive and inductive inference can be combined
Question 6
Using the hypothetico-deductive method how does one go about trying to test a hypothesis?
Answer: One deduces a consequence from it and tests whether it occurs.
Question 7
Suppose that the consequence that you predict from your hypothesis do not come true, under which
circumstances can we reject the hypothesis?
Answer: If there is a deductively certain connection between the hypothesis and its consequences
Question 8
This form of argument is an inductive form that reasons from the general to the specific.
Answer: Statistical syllogism
Question 9
The following is one of the ways (listed in our text) to assess the quality of an inference to the best
explanation:
Answer: Does it provide the simplest explanation of the observed phenomena?
If the consequence that you predict from your hypothesis comes true, what follows from this?
Answer: It provides some inductive support for the hypothesis
Question 2
A claim is falsifiable if __________.
Answer: we know how one could show it to be false
Question 3
Inductive arguments are preferable in some instances because they __________.
Answer: can be more persuasive
Question 4
Which one of the following is most likely to be an inference to the best explanation?
Answer: “My car won’t start; it’s probably the battery.”
Question 5
Which of the following is true of inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning?
Answer: Deductive and inductive inference can be combined
Question 6
Using the hypothetico-deductive method how does one go about trying to test a hypothesis?
Answer: One deduces a consequence from it and tests whether it occurs.
Question 7
Suppose that the consequence that you predict from your hypothesis do not come true, under which
circumstances can we reject the hypothesis?
Answer: If there is a deductively certain connection between the hypothesis and its consequences
Question 8
This form of argument is an inductive form that reasons from the general to the specific.
Answer: Statistical syllogism
Question 9
The following is one of the ways (listed in our text) to assess the quality of an inference to the best
explanation:
Answer: Does it provide the simplest explanation of the observed phenomena?
