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Assignment – 12
Note:
i) Answer all five questions
ii) All questions carry equal marks
iii) Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each
1. Make a comparative analysis of Scientific Cosmology and Philosophical Cosmology. 20
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Discuss some of the important consequences of the theory of relativity. 20
2. Make a critical analysis of the philosophical approach of logical positivism. 20
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What are the different methods used in science? Explain Newton’s concept of the scientific method? 20
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each:
a. Explain Galileo’s theory of the universe. 10
b. What is the Steady State theory? Explain. 10
c. Comment on the contribution of Roger Bacon to experimental science. 10
d. Why is a discussion of the theory of relativity important in the philosophy of science? 10
4. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each:
a) What is scientific knowledge? 5
b) Explain Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion. 5
c) What do you know about the Pythagorean brotherhood? 5
d) Briefly explain the concept of innate force. 5
e) Explain methodological relativism. 5
f) What do you understand by the auxiliary hypothesis? 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each:
a) Theory of relativity 4
b) Quantum physics 4
c) Death of absolutism 4
d) Metascience 4
e) Falsifiability 4
f) Theory of chaos 4
g) Multiverse and universe 4
h) The frame of Reference 4