Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Divergent Thinking, Normal Science, Liberal Education

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Chalmers & tutorial: definitions cannot provide the meaning of concepts: meaning is relational, 5 components of what makes a paradigm: Instrumental techniques: meta-physical principles, general logical prescriptions, one paradigm not better than another: no logical argument for superiority. "objective" preference possible: criticism from lakatos, kuhn on popper: uses falsibility and falsificationism, falsibility does not work because theories might be falsifiable but wrong, falsification does not work because all sciences have problematic observations or experimental results. Lakatos on kuhn: demarcation more clear - shares one paradigm (otherwise not scientific: growth: non-inductive and irrational. No logic but only psychology of discovery: but: ambivalence on progress through revolutions, standards vary from paradigm to paradigm -> progress improvement, depends on culture, cannot fight relativism by saying that new paradigms can solve puzzles better. Kuhn - the structure of scientific revolutions: paradigms = conceptual frameworks through which the world is viewed. Liberal education practice: exposure to conflicting views, choice.