PHI 103 QUIZ 4 | RATED 100%PHI 103 QUIZ 4 Question 1 1 / 1 pts The following is one of the ways (listed in our text) to assess the quality of an inference to the best explanation: Is it indubitably true? Does it help us explain other phenomena as well? Is there proof of it? Does the result seem imp...
phi 103 quiz 4 question 1 1 1 pts the following is one of the ways listed in our text to assess the quality of an inference to the best explanation is it indubitably true
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PHI 103 QUIZ 4
Question 1
pts
The following is one of the ways (listed in our text) to assess the quality of an inference
to the best explanation:
Is it indubitably true?
Correct!
Does it help us explain other phenomena as well?
Is there proof of it?
Does the result seem important?
Question 2
pts
This philosopher claimed that science should focus on falsifiability rather than
confirmation.
Correct!
Karl Popper
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Galileo
, Question 3
pts
Which of these is one of the steps of the hypothetico-deductive method?
Correct!
Formulating a hypothesis.
Deductive proof
Rejecting the assumptions
Manipulating the data
Question 4
pts
The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes did which of the following:
Claimed to use abductive reasoning while actually using deductive reasoning
Only used deductive reasoning
Correct!
Claimed to use deductive reasoning while actually using abductive reasoning
Tended not to use much in the way of reasoning at all
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