Logic Vocab
Logic that deductively proves a hypothesis false.
What is Modus Tollens?
Name 2 things Semmelwiss was able to rule out as causes of childbed fever using direct testing.
What is:
1. Epidemic / Environmental Factors
2. Diet/living conditions
Kekule dreamed about this before discovering the chemical structure of benzene.
What is a snake eating it's own tail.
This view classifies science as a 'mechanical' process of step-by-step which comes to a general conclusion.
What is the narrow inductivist view?
Scientists have two working theories on the shape of the universe. One is a doughnut. The other has been compared to "the 3 dimensional surface of a 4 dimensional _______."
What is a potato.
When a hypothesis can be tested with the powers of observation and dose not require an expierment.
What is Direct Testing?
Write the logic equation for the hypothesis that the Priest was the cause of childbed fever.
If the priest ringing his bell is scaring women to death causes child bed fever, then changing his route will reduce the rate of child bed fever in the ward.
Changing the route did not reduce the rate of childbed fever.
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Therefore, the priest ringing his bell is not the cause of childbed fever.
Torricelli chose to use mercury in his 'sea of air' experiments instead of water for this reason.
What is it has a higher density than water, allowing him to use a shorter tube.
Hempel and Poincare agree that this is necessary for discovery in math and science.
What is creativity.
The greatest humans ever born.
Who are Magar's Nephews.
This occurs when one attempts to represent results of a test that confirm a hypothesis as completely true using deductive reasoning.
What is fallacy of affirming the consequent?
Write the logic equation for Semmelwiss' hypothesis that the rough examination techniques used by the medical students was the cause of child bed fever.
If the med student exams cause childbed fever, then reducing the number of med students giving exams will reduce the rate of childbed fever.
Reducing the med students giving exams resulted in more cases of childbed fever.
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Therefore, the med student exams are not the cause of childbed fever.
True or False: After performing his experiment at multiple elevations, Torricelli deductively proved his hypothesis to be correct.
False- hypotheses can only be proven true to a degree of probability.
Hempel's criticism of the collection of facts in narrow constructivist theory.
What is the fact that it is impossible to know all the facts in any situation.
Name any two decorative objects on Magar's desk in room 300.
- Goose in a hoodie & sunglasses
- 3 dinos
- Octopus tentacle
- Revolution Racoon
- Debate polar bear
- Penguin
- Rainbow plushie with raincloud
- LP Lion plushie
- Leggo guys
- Flamingo
- Tiny eiffle Tower
- Bobblehead Magar dressed as a Knight
Ture or False: It is not fallacy of affirming the consequent if you have multiple tests that all prove the hypothesis correct.
False - a hypothesis can only be proven true to a degree of probability.
How many women died in the experiment where Semmelwiss tested his hypothesis that any 'putrid' matter could cause the symptoms of childbed fever.
What is 11?
Kekule's dream served the same purpose in his discovery of the structure of benzyne as this moment in Semmelwiss' discovery of the cause of child bed fever.
What is his colleague cutting himself during an autopsy.
Hempel's criticism of narrow constructivist theory related to how we use facts.
If Magar turned on the light curtain right now, this image will appear.
Must turn on curtain to find out.
This term refers to the likelihood that something is true using inductive logic.
What is Degree of Probability?
Write the correct logic equation for Semmelwiss' hypothesis that cadaveric matter is the cause of childbed fever.
If cadaveric matter causes childbed fever, then washing hands and tools in a chlorine solution will reduce the rate of childbed fever.
Washing hands and tools in chlorine solution significantly reduced the rate of childbed fever
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Therefore, it is likely that cadaveric matter is the cause of childbed fever.
Hempel believes Kekule's dream is proof of this.
What is science is a creative process.
Because science is an inductive process, Hempel says objective truth can only be obtained when this occurs.
What is rigorous and critical scrutiny.
This person in Magar's family looks like Carl Hempel.
Who is her great grandfather.