PHILOSOPHY 1Phil1Week7QuizAnswers

Introduction to Philosophy Week 7 Quiz: Philosophy of Science 1. Which of the following best describes the manifest image? • What we see when we look at the world. • The generally shared worldview that is uninformed by science. • The conception of the world that is informed by science. 2. Which of the following best describes the scientific image? • What we see when we look at the world. • The generally shared worldview that is uninformed by science. • The conception of the world that is informed by science. 3. Which of the following best describes logical empiricism? • We should reduce all theoretical claims to claims involving scientific observation. • We should reduce all theoretical claims to logical claims. • We should reduce all claims involving scientific observation to theoretical claims. 4. Which of the following best describes the theory-ladenness of observation? • That our scientific observations can be informed by our scientific theories. • That our scientific theories can be informed by our scientific observations. • That scientific theories always outstrip our scientific observations. 5. Which of the following is the explanans? • The phenomenon to be explained. • The thing that does the explaining. • The thing that both explains and is explained. 6. Which of the following is the explanandum? • The phenomenon to be explained. • The thing that does the explaining