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Multiple Choice Exam

Paul Feyerabend, "How to Defend Society Agains Science"

Please use a form 882-ES Scan-Tron Card to record your answers. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1. According to Feyerabend, there are:

A. good reasons to support the exceptional status which science enjoys in our society
B. values which are more important than freedom
C. no good reasons to divorce science from society
D. no other ideologis besides science which "propel society"
E. none of the above

2. According to Feyerabend, since there is no "scientific methodolgy" which distinguishes science from other ideologies it follows that:

A. we should ignore the opinions of scientists
B. science should not be taught in schools
C. scientific claims can only be accepted on the basis of faith rather than reason
D. other ideologies should be treated with the same respect we accord science
E. all of the bove

3. According to Feyerabend:

A. the scientific method is induction
B. there is no "scientific method"
C. Popper's method is the scientific method
D. Lakatos' method is the scientific method
E. none of the above

4. According to Feyerabend, the difference between science and other ideologies is:

A. to be found in their results
B. to be found in their methods
C. science is true and other ideologies are false
D. science is objective and other ideologies are subjective
E. none of the above

5. According to Feyerabend, the "general" argument used to defend the special status which science enjoys in our society is based on the claim that:

A. science has found the truth, or at least part of the truth, about nature
B. science has been severely criticised and has not been shown to be false
C. only science can liberate and enlighten the minds of people
D. only science awakens the critical abilities of students
E. none of the above

6. Feyerabend's main criticism of modern science is that:

A. it is a false ideology
B. it is a useless ideology
C. it is only one of many ideologies which propel society
D. it inhibits freedom of thought
E. none of the above

7. According to Feyerabend, the "specific" argument used to defend the exceptional position science has in society today is based on the claim that:

A. truth is a more important value than freedom
B. science is an essentially liberating ideology
C. science employs a method which gets results and that there are many results to prove the excellence of the method
D. science works by collecting facts and inferring theories from them
E. all of the above

8. According to Feyerabend, Popper's demarcation principle:

A. is useful as an aid to distinguish scientific theories from non-scientific theories
B. is useless as an aid to distinguish scientific theories from non-scientific theories
C. is unclear, ambiguous and imprecisely formulated
D. is the same as Mill's
E. none of the above.

9. According to Feyerabend, the argument from "results" to establish the legitimacy of the special position science enjoys in our society can be accepted only if it can be shown that:

A. it can be assumed that no other ideologies produce results and that the results achieved were achieved by science alone without the help of other ideologies
B. science has found the correct method to achieve results
C. no other ideologies employ the "scientific method"
D. there is a clear distinction between science and non-science
E. all of the above

10. On the basis of his examination of the "specific" argument to defend the special position science enjoys in our society, Feyerabend concludes that:

A. science does in fact deserve its special status in our society
B. science is just one of many ideologies which propel society and it should be treated as such
C. science should not be taught in schools
D. all of the above
E. none of the above