1. However, a __________ of science is that it is subject to revision when new information is presented.
| A badge
| B hallmark
| C device
| Dindex
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2. Accumulated _________ can provide support, validation and substantiation for a law or theory, but will never prove those laws and theories to be true.
| A evidence
| B support
| C view
| D evolution
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3. The problem of induction argues against proof in science, but there is another element of this myth worth _____________.
| A travelling
| B exploiting
| C using
| D exploring
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4. They are careful in the analysis of evidence and in the ________ applied to arrive at conclusions.
| A courses
| B transactions
| C activities
| D procedures
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5. Another aspect of the inability of scientists to be objective is found in theory-laden _________, a psychological notion.
| Aobscurity
| Boccasion
| C observation
| D offence
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Work in small groups. Match 1-5 with a-e to make sentences.
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| The result of the lack of oversight has recently put
| a
| report valid, but negative results.
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| An interesting corollary to this myth is that scientists rarely
| b
| about everything I saw. Darwin
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| Humans are the producers of new knowledge and
| c
| the truth.
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| Nothing could be farther from
| d
| science itself under suspicion.
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| I could not help making hypotheses
| e
| also the arbiters of what counts as new knowledge.
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