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FIL155 – Science and world views Exam Possible Questions & Answers
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Possible Questions & Answers
Science and world views 155 (University of Pretoria)
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What is the most fundamental task of philosophy of science?
• It is to ask “what is science?”
• The demarcation problem in the philosophy of science is about how to distinguish between
science and non-science, including between science, pseudoscience, and other products of
human activity, like art and literature, and beliefs.
What is epistemology?
• It is the study of the nature and the justification of knowledge
Briefly explain the JTB theory of knowledge
• Widely accepted that knowledge is justified, true, belief.
• Proposition must be true
• Believe the proposition
• Justification for our beliefs
• Justification thought provided by following the scientific method for testing or arriving at
our beliefs
How might the philosophical study of science be helpful for epistemology?
• By studying nature and how to justify knowledge, the facts found in the study of science
can be more valid, gain credibility and becoming more true
What is metaphysics?
• Study of objects and events and the forces that cause or impinge upon them. That which
causes reality and the things we see
Why is it often thought that science has replaced metaphysics?
• It has replaced metaphysics not just by telling us about what exists and explaining what
happens in terms of laws of nature and causation but also answering other fundamental
philosophical questions about, say, the nature of space and time
What is the Copernican Revolution?
• Name given to the period during which the theory of the solar system and the wider
cosmos, which had the Earth at the centre of everything (geocentrism) introduced by
Ptolemy, was replaced by the theory that the Earth revolved around the sun
(heliocentrism) introduced by Copernicus.
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