Philosophers and Philosophy Knowledge

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  1. 3. According to _______, laws of nature describe the regularities and relationships between entities or universals. Properties of being F necessitate G.
  2. 6. When our repeated observations or experiences consistently coincide with specific beliefs or hypotheses, we can establish justified beliefs or knowledge by relying on those consistent patterns.
  3. 8. Gathering multiple pieces of evidence or making risky predictions to strengthen or validate the theory.
  4. 12. Proposed that the D-N model contains specific circumstances and laws, then we deduce the explanation.
  5. 15. Thesis that challenges the idea that individual scientific hypotheses can be conclusively tested or confirmed by empirical evidence in isolation.
  6. 17. Puzzle solving as the demarcation standard of science for the philosopher…
  7. 18. It’s the best class ever.
  8. 19. Available evidence is insufficient to uniquely determine a particular theory or explanation.
  9. 20. According to ________, if you can conduct experiments with unobservable entities (eg: electrons), it exists.
  10. 21. The view that a redwood chair does not exist, that only the sensory perception of the chair like the hardwood, the red color, the feeling of the wood, etc. exist.
  11. 22. Doesn’t matter if the crobes are real, but they are used as useful tools for predictions about the illness of others we see in the world.
Down
  1. 1. seeks to explain events or phenomena by deducing them from general laws.
  2. 2. The law of universal gravitation (the force of gravity between two objects increases as their masses increase and decreases as the distance between them increases) is true because it’s right in the past, present, and future. This law describes what theory?
  3. 4. The demarcation standard of science according to Karl Popper.
  4. 5. A philosopher who disagreed Popper and Kuhn about the demarcation of standard of science and proposed “research programme”.
  5. 7. This philosopher challenges the assumption that science is an inherently objective and value-neutral enterprise by highlighting androcentrism.
  6. 9. A new prediction is better than an old explanation
  7. 10. You eat a strawberry and developed an allergic reaction. You induce the generalization that eating strawberries causes an allergic reaction
  8. 11. science is the only way to achieve real knowledge about the world.
  9. 13. Bohr’s Model suggests that electrons can jump between these energy levels by absorbing or emitting photons of specific energy. This theory shows that there are really electrons out in the universe. This is an example of… (hint: a debated topic).
  10. 14. process of deriving specific statements or claims from general principles or information
  11. 16. Laws are needed, tell us how the world is, and govern the world. (term)