1 Has Popper solved the problem of induction?
2 Either (a) Are scientific revolutions rational processes?
Or (b) Can we tell in advance if a research programme is worth
pursuing?
3 Is there a scientific method?
4 Does the success of science support scientific realism?
5 Are laws of nature just universal generalisations?
6 What are the differences between explanation and prediction? Are they
philosophically significant?
7 ‘We have no reason to believe that our successful theories are true,
because most successful theories have been discarded.’ Discuss.
8 Either (a) Is probability just degree of belief?
Or (b) Is probability just frequency?
9 ‘If there are any laws of biology, they are knowable a priori.’ Discuss.
10 What is the relationship between a trait’s evolutionary history and its
biological function?