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Thomas Kuhn

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

The Semmelweiss Effect refers to

a)

How inductive reasoning is always subjected to falsification

b)

how new research based on bold hypothesis is swiftly rejected because it threatens accepted paradigms

c)

How observation is always preferred to experimentation because it is more accurate.

d)

How the act of verification reinforces the confirmation bias of researchers

2.

Explain in a few sentences the main idea that Thomas Khun is arguing for in his "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions?

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3.

According to Khun, most of science in involved in ________solving

a)

Problem

b)

Puzzle

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Mystery

4.

According to Khun, one of the great strengths of the natural sciences ironically is that they are

a)

Liberal and accepting of new ideas

b)

Dogmatic and Conservative

c)

Honest and based on observations

d)

Material and non-metaphysical

5.

According to Khun, what are the phases of scientific revoltuion?

a)

1. Premonition

2. Crisis

3. Crisis resolution

4. Scientific Revolution

b)

1. Paradigmatic

2. Normal Science 3. Experimentation

4. Scientific Discovery

c)

1. Pre-Paradigmatic

2. Normal Science 3. Crisis

4. Scientific Revolution

d)

1. Paradigmatic Stage.

2. Normal Science 3. Crisis

4. Scientific Experimentation

6.

According to Khun, the reason why "normal science" is useful is because

a)

Scientists cannot agree on assumptions

b)

Scientists cannot communicate with one another

c)

Scientists cannot formulate theories

d)

Scientists cannot conduct observations

7.

In Thomas Khun's Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a paradigm can refer to

a)

Exemplar

b)

Disciplinary Matrix

c)

Evidence

d)

Falsification data

8.

What is a Paradigm as Exemplar?

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9.

What is a paradigm as Disciplinary Matrices?

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10.

According to Khun, a discipline within science is...

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