Phil 102A S11: Final Exam Study Guide

Part I: You should know the following words for fill in the blank questions: 
  • Pseudoscience
  • Evidentialism
  • Pragmatism
  • Correspondence Theory of Truth
  • Coherence Theory of Truth
  • Verificationists
  • Hypothesis
  • Living Option
  • Dead Option
  • Forced Option
  • Avoidable Option
  • Momentous Option
  • Trivial Option
  • Genuine Option
  • Fallibilists
  • Normative
  • Descriptive
  • Normal Science
  • Paradigm
  • Anomaly
  • Scientific Revolutions
Part II: In addition, you should be able to explain the following concepts:
  • The story of the ship-owner Clifford begins his essay with.
  • Clifford's analysis of why the ship owner is morally culpable.
  • James' account of the two options with respect to belief or opinion.
  • James' Thesis and his argument for it.
  • Peirce's account of the difference between belief and doubt.
  • Peirce's four methods for arriving at belief
  • Which method Peirce thinks is the best and and the four reasons he gives in support of this.
  • Popper's First Thesis.
  • The arguments Popper gives against the Verificationists.
  • Popper's account of the aim of science.
  • Popper's three criteria of a New Scientific Theory as well as which are formal and which is material.
  • Kuhn's account of the two features of a Paradigm.
  • Kuhn's account of how a paradigm functions in science.
  • Kuhn's account of the role anomalies play in scientific advancement.
  • Kuhn's account of how Scientific Revolutions come about.
  • Kuhn's account of how science progresses.
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