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WorksheetsThomas Kuhn
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Semmelweiss Effect refers to
How inductive reasoning is always subjected to falsification
how new research based on bold hypothesis is swiftly rejected because it threatens accepted paradigms
How observation is always preferred to experimentation because it is more accurate.
How the act of verification reinforces the confirmation bias of researchers
Explain in a few sentences the main idea that Thomas Khun is arguing for in his "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions?
According to Khun, most of science in involved in ________solving
Problem
Puzzle
Hypothesis
Mystery
According to Khun, one of the great strengths of the natural sciences ironically is that they are
Liberal and accepting of new ideas
Dogmatic and Conservative
Honest and based on observations
Material and non-metaphysical
According to Khun, what are the phases of scientific revoltuion?
1. Premonition
2. Crisis
3. Crisis resolution
4. Scientific Revolution
1. Paradigmatic
2. Normal Science 3. Experimentation
4. Scientific Discovery
1. Pre-Paradigmatic
2. Normal Science 3. Crisis
4. Scientific Revolution
1. Paradigmatic Stage.
2. Normal Science 3. Crisis
4. Scientific Experimentation
According to Khun, the reason why "normal science" is useful is because
Scientists cannot agree on assumptions
Scientists cannot communicate with one another
Scientists cannot formulate theories
Scientists cannot conduct observations
In Thomas Khun's Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a paradigm can refer to
Exemplar
Disciplinary Matrix
Evidence
Falsification data
What is a Paradigm as Exemplar?
What is a paradigm as Disciplinary Matrices?
According to Khun, a discipline within science is...
