1 What is structural realism? Does it provide an adequate response to the
pessimistic induction?
2 What sense, if any, can we make of the idea of a theory’s being approximately
true?
3 When, if at all, are rival theories incommensurable? Does it matter if they
are?
4 Should we believe our best theories or merely accept them as being
empirically adequate?
5 What is the strongest argument against Bayesian confirmation theory? Does
the Bayesian have a satisfactory reply?
6 Either (a) Does explanation involve unification?
Or (b) What makes for a good functional explanation in biology?
7 Either (a) Do the laws of physics lie?
Or (b) Are laws relations between universals?
8 What are natural kinds?
9 Either (a) Should we be substantivalists about space-time?
Or (b) Can a relationist about space allow for the existence of
incongruent counterparts?
10 In what sense, if any, is geometry conventional?
11 Critically assess the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics.
12 Either (a) Discuss the EPR paradox and Bohr’s response to it.
Or (b) What is the significance of Bell’s theorem?