‘Theory of relativity is deterministic; quantum mechanics is.

‘Theory of relativity is deterministic; quantum mechanics is.

‘Theory of relativity is deterministic; quantum mechanics is indeterministic.’ Talk about it.

2. How did later philosophers question the logical positivist perspective of the nature of scientific theories?

6. Is induction’s reliabilist rationale question-begging?

3. Is it possible for scientific realists to avoid the gloomy inference from science’s history?

4. Is evolution a testable theory?

5. Can the human intellect be compared to a Swiss Army knife?

6. Have there ever been instances where chemists working in the same field of inquiry had opposing epistemic values? Is this significant, if so?

7. Is science capable of explaining everything?

8. Do you believe the Big Bang was a factor in your birth?

9. ‘There are no natural rules because all universal generalizations are valid solely by chance.’ Talk about it.

10. Compare and contrast the significance of Principia mathematica and of Opticks in Isaac Newton’s natural philosophy.

11. Historians are in no doubt that there were connections between reverence for science and irreverence toward religion’ (John Brooke, Science and religion: some historical perspectives). Discuss with reference to the development of natural knowledge between 1600 and 1800.