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Popper/Kuhn/Hume

  • 27-07-2005 9:09pm
    #1
    DawnMc
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    Hi lads,
    I'm in dire need of help. I'm doing my exams in two weeks in "Philisophical Foundations in Psychology" and I really can't grasp the whole Popper/Kuhn/Hume thing. I really don't get it.
    PLease help as I'm in desperate need of assisstance!


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  • #2
    Playboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    Could you be a little more specific in what areas you are finding difficulty with and then someone might be able to respond.


  • #3
    DawnMc
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    Right, sorry about that. Here are a list of possible questions. The last two are prob the ones I need most help with;

    1)Is psychology a science, as either Popper or Kuhn has understood science? Give arguments for and against.

    2)What is the 'argument by induction?' Could we reduce the argument by induction to behaviouristic learning theory?

    3) Science proceeds, according to Popper, by making bold conjectures which are open to refutation. Give an instance of a psychological theory and discuss whether it has been subjected to this kind of proof.

    4)Give an example of a paradigm change in one of the schools of 20th century psychology, and discuss whether Kuhn's ideas of scientific revolution are applicable to what took place.


  • #4
    Playboy
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    Sounds like you want someone to do your psychology assignment for u :rolleyes: That is a lot of work and Im sure your text books cover all those topics better than what anyone here could produce. This website could help you in understanding the more basic elements of your argument such as induction, Paradigm, Behaviorism, Popper and Kuhn. All the articles provide more links within them to any other relevant material. Hope this helps you some :)


  • #5
    Playboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    Also if you can afford it this online library is a very useful resource.


  • #6
    DawnMc
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    Thanks very much playboy, I really just don't understand it! Thanks for your help, will check out links!


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  • #7
    Macbeth
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    DawnMc wrote:
    Thanks very much playboy, I really just don't understand it! Thanks for your help, will check out links!
    Karl Popper and Kuhn's beliefs..."that truth is evolving and can never be absolutely known"...A little insight into science as they saw it...
    http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Karl-Popper.htm


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