1. ‘All scientific explanations are causal explanations.’ Discuss.
2. Are probabilities best accounted for in terms of rational degrees of belief?
3. Is the No Miracles Argument a convincing argument for scientific realism?
4. ‘The history of science is full of theories which at different times and for
long periods had been empirically successful, and yet were shown to be
false. Therefore, by a simple (meta-)induction on scientific theories, our
current theories are likely to be false.’ Is this a good argument?
5. Are there good reasons to restrict belief in scientific theories to what they
tell us about observable phenomena?
6. Is good science induction-free?
7. Is confirmation subjective?
8. How has physics updated our concept of time?
9. Are laws the crowning glory of science?
10. EITHER: (a) ‘Philosophy is of no use to physics.’ Discuss
OR: (b) ‘All sciences will ultimately be reduced to physics. Therefore,
science will become unified.’ Discuss.