Thomas Kuhn's idea that science proceeds in small steps guided by a dominant theory up until such time that the dominant theory fails to account for new data, and is then replaced by a dramatic change in thinking is known as a(n)


Answer: paradigm shift.

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Identify any formal fallacies or fallacies of language in the following passage.Otterhounds are crazy about water, just like that dog. That dog, therefore, is an Otterhound.

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Which of the following wrote the Republic?

a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Locke d. None of the above

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Describe the theory of ethical relativism and illustrate it with an example from the text.

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INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. After smoking only a few cigarettes per day, Krista became addicted within two months. The same thing happened to Dave, Jean, and Marty. Therefore, since Dennis has been smoking a few cigarettes per day for the past two months, he's probably addicted, too

A) Deductive, invalid. B) Deductive, valid. C) Inductive, weak. D) Inductive, cogent. E) Inductive, strong.

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