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WorksheetsPHIL109 11/17/22
Total questions: 4
Worksheet time: 2mins
Which standard of hypothesis adequacy does the following explanation fail to meet?
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
Strength
Completeness
Informativeness
Plausibility
Why standard of adequacy does the hypothesis in the following explanation fail to meet?
The collapse of the Soviet Union occurred because a socialist economic system is incapable of producing goods as abundantly as a capitalist system.
Strength
Completeness
Informativeness
Plausibility
What is the most obvious flaw in the following explanation?
There are roses on Tom's grave because he was a Marine.
It lacks strength
It is incomplete
It is uninformative
It is not plausible
Can a hypothesis be true without being adequate?
No, because adequacy and truth are the same thing.
No, because if it is true, then it is strong, and if it is strong, then it is adequate.
Yes, because it might not have a sufficient logical connection to the explanandum.
Yes, but only if the explanandum is false.
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