SECTION A
1. Is science special?
2. If you could change one aspect of scientific practice on the basis of
philosophy of science, what would it be and why?
SECTION B
3. Does Kuhnian incommensurability imply that science cannot attain truth about
the natural world?
4. Does falsificationism offer a viable alternative to inductivism?
5. ‘Objectivity of science comes from its communal norms rather than from its
method.’ Discuss.
6. How does physics make progress, despite the fact that most of the objects
treated in physical theories are unobservable?
7. How should we understand the meaning of mental state terms, such as
‘beliefs’ and ‘desires’?
8. ‘Smokers are more likely than non-smokers to get lung cancer; therefore,
smoking causes lung cancer.’ Discuss.
9. When and why should scientists tolerate dissent?

10. Is ‘inference to the best explanation’ a distinctive form of inference? Is it
justifiable?
11. Should the results of medical science be protected by intellectual property
laws? Why or why not?
12. ‘Modern evolutionary accounts of human origins continue to reflect the belief
that there is an essential human nature, the nature all people share through their
common root.’ Discuss.