Question

Quiz: out of the given options, only one of the options is correct

If an explanation does not open up avenues to any additional research projects or fields of study, which criterion of adequacy does it violate?

options

informativeness

testability

fruitfulness

wideness of scope

simplicity

conservation

not ad hoc

If an explanation is vacuous (doesn't explain anything), which criterion of adequacy does it violate?

options

informativeness

testability

fruitfulness

wideness of scope

simplicity

conservation

not ad hoc

If an explanation relies on unproven assumptions, which criterion of adequacy does it violate?

options

informativeness

testability

fruitfulness

wideness of scope

simplicity

conservation

not ad hoc

Which criterion of adequacy concerns confirming/disconfirming hypotheses?

options

informativeness

testability

fruitfulness

wideness of scope

simplicity

conservation

not ad hoc

An explanation that is not consistent with what we believe we already know about the world violates which criterion of adequacy?

options

informativeness

testability

fruitfulness

wideness of scope

simplicity

conservation

not ad hoc

Answer 1

1. If an explanation does not open up avenues to any additional research projects or fields of study, which criterion of adequacy does it violate? Fruitfulness.
2. If an explanation is vacuous (doesn't explain anything), which criterion of adequacy does it violate? Informativeness.
3. If an explanation is vacuous (doesn't explain anything), which criterion of adequacy does it violate? Not as hoc.
4. Which criterion of adequacy concerns confirming/disconfirming hypotheses? Testability.
5. An explanation that is not consistent with what we believe we already know about the world violates which criterion of adequacy? Conservation.