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 Page 3 - Fling the Teacher- Intro to Philosophy of Science  Page 4 - Video Presentation on Science Religion and the Cosmos  Pages 5 to 6 - Definitions of terms  Page 7 - Demarcation  Page 8 – Why Study Philosophy of Science?  Pages 9 –15 The central questions in science.  Page 16 - Induction  Page 17 – 19 Coherentism  Page Ockhams Razor –  Pages 23 to 28 - Theory-dependence of observation  Pages 31 The Scientific Method  Pages 32 - Video Interview with John Polkinghorne  Pages 33 to 34 - Bibliography 2

 Click on the image above for a game of “Fling the Teacher”. Try playing the game with your students at the start and the end of the unit. Make sure you have started the slide show and are connected to the internet. 3

 INDUCTION  REALISTS  ANTIREALISTS  FOUNDATIONALISM  COHERENTISM  EMPIRICISM  DEMARCATION  PARADIGM  OCKHAM’S RAZOR 4

 The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science. 5

 Philosophy of science focuses on metaphysical, epistemic and semantic aspects of science. 6

 Two central questions about science are (1) what are the aims of science and (2) how ought one to interpret the results of science? 7

 Philosophy in Science is important in the debate regarding evolution and intelligent design. 8

 REALISM uses a Correspondence theory of truth. This maintains that a statement is true if it corresponds to the state of affairs to which it refers. Philosophy of science has tended to rely on Correspondence theory of truth

 Non Realists maintain that statements are true because they cohere or fit in with other true statements within a particular ‘form of life’.

 The most powerful statements in science are those with the widest applicability. 11

It is not possible for scientists to have tested every incidence of an action, and found a reaction. 12

Induction  One solution to this problem is to rely on the notion of induction. 13

 Explaining why induction commonly works has been somewhat problematic. 14

 The problem of induction is one of considerable debate and importance in the philosophy of science: is induction indeed justified, and if so, how? 15

 One answer has been to conceive of a different form of rational argument, one that relies on deduction. 16

Foundationalism  Induction attempts to justify scientific statements by reference to other specific scientific statements. 17

 The way in which basic statements are derived from observation complicates the problem. 18

Coherence  Coherentism offers an alternative by claiming that statements can be justified by their being a part of a coherent system. 19

The essential elements of a scientific method are: Problem Procedure Observation from data Conclusions 20

 A scientific method depends on objective observation in defining the subject under investigation. 21

 Observation involves perception as well as a cognitive process. 22

 Empirical observation is used to determine the acceptability of some hypothesis within a theory. 23

 Thomas Kuhn denied that it is ever possible to isolate the hypothesis being tested from the influence of the theory in which the observations are grounded. 24

 By "paradigm" he meant, essentially, a logically consistent "portrait" of the world, one that involves no logical contradictions and that is consistent with observations that are made from the point of view of this paradigm. 25

For Kuhn, the choice of paradigm was sustained by, but not ultimately determined by, logical processes. 26

According to Kuhn, a paradigm shift will occur when a significant number of observational anomalies in the old paradigm have made the new paradigm more useful. 27

That observation is embedded in theory does not mean that observations are irrelevant to science. 28

Ockham's razor  The motto is most commonly cited in the form "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity", generally taken to suggest that the simplest explanation tends to be the correct one. 29

Paul Feyerabend argued that no description of scientific method could possibly be broad enough to encompass all the approaches and methods used by scientists. 30

Demarcation  Karl Popper contended that the central question in the philosophy of science was distinguishing science from non-science. 31

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