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Knowledge in the Sciences

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Does science progress by steady accumulation, or by revolutions in which whole frameworks are overthrown?

If scientific observation is shaped by theory and science works through idealised models, can it still deliver objective knowledge?

What separates science from pseudoscience, and is falsifiability the right criterion?

Do successful scientific theories describe a real world of unobservable things, or are they just useful instruments for prediction?

Can we ever be justified in inferring from observed cases to unobserved ones, and what does Hume's problem mean for science?

Is there a single method that makes inquiry scientific, and how do observation, hypothesis and experiment fit together?