HPS250H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Superstring Theory, David Bloor, Thomas Kuhn
12 Dec 2012
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Final exam notes written by mariela libedinsky. What were the main early modern views of how general synthetic propositions were justified? ( early modern here means before kant. ) What were the premises of kant"s system? (i. e. , what were the propositions that he was trying to make consistent?) What is the view of science coming out of the strong programme in the sociology of scientific. How do we know facts : experience, follows from definitions, deduction. Theory: law of gravity greater mass = greater attractive force. Analytic propositions deducible from definitions, cannot contradict the results of experiments or observations, necessarily hold in all possible worlds the opposite. Synthetic propositions the opposite of the above, most propositions of empirical science are synthetic because the opposite is inconceivable. Objective or subjective: there is no way to guarantee that the visual sensation can confirm the objective reality. We cannot know with certainty that our senses aren"t deceiving us.
