TUTORIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What is science? Critically discuss the features and
aims of science.
2. What do you consider as the relationship between
science and philosophy?
3. Critically compare and contrast the natural sciences
with the social sciences.
4. What are the roles of scientific theories in the
understanding of reality?
5. Critically examine the nomological model of scientific
explanation.
6. Critically discuss methodological individualism as a
model of explanation in social science.
7. What is realism in science?
8. Critically discuss the concepts of objectivity and
rationality in philosophical discourse.
9. Can science be objective?
10. Critically evaluate the place of value and value
commitment in science.
11. Examine the relationship between science, religion and
metaphysics.
12. Critically evaluate the influence of politics on scientific
growth.