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WorksheetsFilosofía de la ciencia
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3hrs 31mins
1. What is the main argument the author presents regarding the objectivity of science?
A) Objectivity in science is solely the result of applying nonarbitrary and impartial criteria.
B) The objectivity of science is secured by the social character of inquiry.
C) Scientific objectivity stems from distancing human values from nature completely.
D) The modern view of objectivity relies only on scientific realism and empirical data.
2. What do scientists typically mean when they refer to the “objectivity of data”?
A) That data should always align with theoretical expectations.
B) That data has been obtained properly and justifies reliance on it.
C) That data is always free from human interpretation or bias.
D) That data must come from instruments built in the 21st century.
3. Why does the author argue that the objectivity of data must be qualified?
A) Because instruments often malfunction in controlled environments.
B) Because data covariance doesn’t guarantee an unmediated view of reality.
C) Because data obtained by scientists is always flawed.
D) Because objectivity is only relevant to historical analysis.
4. What issue does the author highlight in the debate over the nature of science?
A) That scientific practice should reject historical context.
B) That science must always be guided by strict logical rules.
C) That participants often talk past one another without addressing shared concerns.
D) That science cannot be studied through either logical or historical methods.
5. What does the author propose as the aim of their analysis?
A) To offer a complete and final theory of scientific knowledge.
B) To provide a framework that allows epistemologists and historians to reveal the standards and contexts shaping science.
C) To replace empirical methods with purely normative ones.
D) To prove the superiority of logical positivism over historical critique.
6. According to the author, what secures the objectivity of science?
A) Its focus on empirical experimentation alone.
B) The social character of inquiry.
C) The use of advanced technological instruments.
D) The logical consistency of scientific theories.
7. What does one sense of objectivity in science involve, according to the text?
A) The detachment of human needs from the scientific process.
B) The belief that science provides an accurate description of the natural world.
C) The dismissal of subjective reasoning.
D) The reliance solely on mathematics and logic.
8. What assumption is involved in the scientific claim of “objectivity of data”?
A) That data always confirms the theory.
B) That instruments are infallible.
C) That data is obtained properly and justifies reliance.
D) That subjective values are eliminated entirely.
9. Why does the author say that the objectivity of data must be qualified?
A) Because data cannot be trusted unless repeated by others.
B) Because measurement always leads to contradictions.
C) Because data covariance doesn’t imply direct access to reality.
D) Because scientists often manipulate data unconsciously.
10. What issue does the author identify in debates over science's nature?
A) The lack of funding for historical research.
B) The overreliance on empirical methods in philosophy.
C) The polarization between logically and historically unsatisfactory approaches.
D) The dominance of subjective opinion in scientific discourse.
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