What is this thing called Science?

What is this thing called Science?

This quiz test your understanding of the basic concepts presented in the lecture “What is this thing called Science?” captured by Alan Chalmers in the book of the same title and presented by Dr Lincoln Colling.

Note: Please feel free to take the quiz multiple times and if you feel unsecure in choosing the right answer please revisit the lecture and try again.

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Question 1 of 8
1. Question
Evaluate the statement:
“Facts (in sense of the observational statements) are theory independent.”
- True
- False
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Question 2 of 8
2. Question
What is observational statement?
(Select all that apply)
- External state of the world (how thing are)
- Statement about the external state of the world (how we perceive things to be)
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Question 3 of 8
3. Question
Objectivity in science means:
(Select all that apply)
- Facts describe the world as it is
- Facts are verifiable
- Facts can be proven wrong
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Question 4 of 8
4. Question
Bias in form of preconceptions, experiences and existing theories should be:
(Select all that apply)
- Eliminated
- Recognized
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Question 5 of 8
5. Question
In deductive logic, we do not care about ______ , but only about _______.
Fill the gaps by using following words: validity, truth
- In deductive logic, we do not care about , but only about .
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Question 6 of 8
6. Question
Science makes it possible to:
(Finish sentence)
- Establishing true knowledge.
- Discard false knowledge.
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Question 7 of 8
7. Question
Scientific theory has to be:
(Select all that apply)
- Falsifiable
- Based on existing knowledge
- Based on observation
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Question 8 of 8
8. Question
________ is good for formulating theory; ________ is good for formulating a hypothesis.
Fill the gaps by using following terms: deductive logic, inductive logic
- is good for formulating theory; is good for formulating a hypothesis.
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