1 Can a sharp distinction be drawn between theoretical terms and observable terms?
Does it matter?
2 ‘Physical theories are just mathematical models we construct, and it is
meaningless to ask if they correspond to reality, just whether they predict
observations.’ Discuss.
3 Is there a solution to Goodman’s ‘New Riddle of Induction’?
4 Does science need a theory of confirmation?
5 Either (a) ‘Causation is all in the head.’ Discuss.
Or (b) ‘Probabilities are all in the head.’ Discuss.
6 What is the difference between knowing that the Earth is round, and being able to
explain why it is round?
7 Evaluate the following two claims:
(i) Laws do not explain their instances, on any regularity account of laws. (ii) Laws do explain their instances on Armstrong’s account of laws.
8 Is there any sense in which science is a social construct?
9 ‘What is genuinely scientific for Kuhn is hardly science for Popper, and what is
genuinely scientific for Popper is hardly science for Kuhn.’ Discuss.
10 Are there any laws of nature?