ir conclusiveness.
65. Describe what is meant by residual phenomena, and estimate their
value in inductive science. [S]
66. What is the argument from Analogy? How does it differ from (a)
Induction, (b) metaphorical argument? [S]
67. What are the various senses in which the word Analogy has been used?
Distinguish, giving instances, between good and bad analogies. [S]
68. How do you distinguish between what Mill calls the Geometrical,
Physical, and Historical Methods?
68A. The Comparative Method is appealed to where direct evidence is
wanting. Explain this.
69. What is meant by a doctrine being unverifiable? If a conclusion
reached by deduction does not agree with the facts, where must we look
for error?
70. There are certain cases in which failure of verification is fatal to
a theory, and other cases in which it is of comparatively little
cogency. How would you distinguish between these classes of cases? [S]
71. Taking the "evolution," or any other proposed hypothesis, how should
one proceed (a) to show whether it satisfies the conditions of a
legitimate hypothesis sufficiently to entitle it to investigation, and
(b) to test it with a view to its acceptance or rejection as a truth of
science? [S]
72. What do you mean by saying that "a phenomenon has been
satisfactorily explained"?
73. Explain and illustrate the Historical Method of Sociological
inquiry. [S]
74. What is the relation of the theory of Probability to Logic? [S]
75. Explain and discuss the doctrine that Induction is based upon the
Theory of Probability. [S]
75A. What are the logical grounds of the Law of Error?
76. Explain the nature and use of Classification, the means to, and
tests of, its successful performance. [S]
77. What is Definition and what is its use? Mention various difficulties
that occur in the process, and show how they are to be met. [S]
78. Propose rules for a good Division and a good Definition, and
exemplify the breach of them. [S]
79. Examine the validity of the idea of Real Kinds. [O]
80. What kind of words are indefinable, and why? When do we define by
negation and by example? [S]
81. Distinguish between the province and aims of classification and
(logical) division. Illustrate. [S]
82. What is an _infima species_ or _species specialissima_? Compare the
use of the terms _genus_ and _species_ in Logic with that which is
common in speaking of animals or plants. [S]
83. How far does the forma
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