Chapter 10 Self Quiz

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. Inference to the best explanation is a form of inductive reasoning in which we reason from premises about a state of affairs to...

A deductive conclusion correct incorrect

An explanation for that state of affairs correct incorrect

An enumerative induction correct incorrect

An analogical induction correct incorrect

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. Before evaluating a theory, we should make sure that it meets the minimum requirement of...

Validity correct incorrect

Cogency correct incorrect

Conservatism correct incorrect

Consistency correct incorrect

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. An inference to the best explanation always goes "beyond the evidence"—it tries to explain facts but does so by...

Positing a theory that is derived entirely from those facts correct incorrect

Selecting a theory from a world of facts correct incorrect

Positing a theory that is not derived entirely from those facts correct incorrect

Positing tentative facts correct incorrect

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. A theory that is internally consistent is free of...

Additional hypotheses correct incorrect

Content correct incorrect

External data correct incorrect

Contradictions correct incorrect

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. The standards used to judge the worth of explanatory theories are known as...

The criteria of adequacy correct incorrect

The rules of consistency correct incorrect

The criteria of evaluation correct incorrect

The norms of theory correct incorrect

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. A hypothesis that cannot be verified independently of the phenomenon it is supposed to explain is said to be...

Simple correct incorrect

Ad hoc correct incorrect

Fruitless correct incorrect

Inconsistent correct incorrect

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. A theory with scope is one that explains or predicts phenomena...

That it was introduced to explain in the first place correct incorrect

Visible to the naked eye correct incorrect

Other than that which it was introduced to explain correct incorrect

That are unknown correct incorrect

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. If a theory predicts something other than what it was introduced to explain, it is...

Fruitful correct incorrect

Conservative correct incorrect

Testable correct incorrect

Superfluous correct incorrect

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. A theory that fits with our established beliefs is...

Testable correct incorrect

Simple correct incorrect

Conservative correct incorrect

Fruitful correct incorrect

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. The criteria of adequacy include...

Testability, scope, conservatism correct incorrect

Testability, scope, consistency correct incorrect

Testability, complexity, conservatism correct incorrect

Testability, scope, fruitlessness correct incorrect