Question
This thinker promoted the idea that empirical scientific theories can never truly be proven, but can be disproven, which he referred to as falsifiability. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this philosopher who criticized the theories of Hegel, Marx, and Plato in his work The Open Society and Its Enemies.
ANSWER: Karl Popper [or Karl Raimund Popper]
[10e] Popper’s theory of falsifiability called into question this type of reasoning which draws conclusions based on observations and is contrasted with deduction.
ANSWER: induction [accept inductive reasoning]
[10h] Popper convinced this other thinker that induction was irrational before his break with him in the 1960s. This thinker later wrote the book Against Method.
ANSWER: Paul Feyerabend [or Paul Karl Feyerabend]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 63% | 38% |
Data
| Columbia Ly-α | Cornell Earth | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| RIT | Cornell Wind | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rochester A | Rochester B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell Fire | Rochester C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |