Explanation, Truth & Confirmation

Situation: the probability of hypothesis is 0.75 and the evidence is also 0.75. evidence does confirmed hypothesis

• incremental confirmation

• absolute confirmation

what should you do if your research/study did not match your prediction?

• recreate question

• do the research again

• create a new hypothesis

general statement -----> specific conclusion

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

• abductive reasoning

"Statements that been constructed to describe facts which will clarifies cause, context and consequences of the facts.” Is the definition of…

• law

• explanation

• theory

• truth

how many other types of explanation?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

_________ explanation is a Statements that been constructed to describe facts which will clarifies cause, context and consequences of the facts.

• Historical

• psychological

• deductive-nomological

• functional

which is NOT the theories of explanation?

• unificationist

• functional

• deductive-nomological

"all mammals give birth". this truth is under the category of ?

• Factual

• Exact value

• Undisputed

This theory of truth is the agreement of things with one another

• correspondence

• coherence

• pragmatism

opinion is based on personal preference and always changing

• true

• false