P= Science (Theory) Flashcards

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Bacon (empiricist) argued that empirical knowledge
revealed the true nature of creation/ God.

What were his 3 forms of acquiring knowledge?

A

Authority
Reason
Experience

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Bacon (empiricist) argued that empirical knowledge
revealed the true nature of creation/ God.

What were his 3 aims for a scientific world?

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Discovery of truth

Moral/ Ethical guidelines

Useful knowledge

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Occam promoted the Law of Patrimony (proof of existance of God)

What did he propose?

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When you have 2 theories explaining the same
phenomena, choose the simplest theory

= +likely to be true/ accepted by others
due to its less inferences
due to more of a representation with our
heuristic representation

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What were popper’s 3 solutions to the problem of
Induction?

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Disconfirmation

Conditionality

Falsifiability

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What did Quine argue?

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All research is theory-driven/laden therefore bias

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What did Kuhn argue science was full of?

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Paradigms
There is a Paradigm shift to a new approach when an anomaly appears

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What did Lakatos think science should be?

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Science should be self-preserved
progressive or abandoned

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What are Kuhn’s 4 values of science?

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Order Phenomena

Consistancy

Agree with current evidence

Produce new research findings

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What are Merton’s 5 values of science?

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Originality

Universalism

Communalism

Disinterestedness

Organised Scepticism

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Single Hermeneutic when we try and understand
eg.rocks
rocks do not try and understand us is known as which
type of science?

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Natural sciences

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Double Hermeneutic when we try and understand you
and you us (reciprocal) is known as which type of science?

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Social sciences

However; DC may arise

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Post Positivist Epistemologies use which types of methods
to study Natural Science?

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Experiments, surveys, stats
quantitative methods

that focus on explaining Phenomena

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Interpretivism, Constructivism- Social constructionism
and Feminism use which types of methods to study
Natural Sciences?

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Interviews, focus groups, P observation
qualitative methods

that focus on interpreting and understanding Phenomena

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