Science vs. Religion (OCR A-Level Sociology): Quizzes
📚Quizzes
Practise the questions
11 questions from this quiz
ShowHide
Practise the questions
11 questions from this quiz
Why have scientific explanations overtaken religious ones?
Why have scientific explanations overtaken religious ones?
Based on evidence and reason
According to Popper, what do scientists set out to do with their hypotheses?
According to Popper, what do scientists set out to do with their hypotheses?
Test them to destruction, to falsify
What does Popper say about religious beliefs?
What does Popper say about religious beliefs?
They cannot be falsified
What example is given of something that cannot be tested?
What example is given of something that cannot be tested?
The existence of God in heaven
What is science based on?
What is science based on?
Evidence
What is religion essentially based on?
What is religion essentially based on?
Belief in a higher power
What conclusion have biologists reached after Darwin's work?
What conclusion have biologists reached after Darwin's work?
Millions of years of evolutionary progress
What do fundamentalist Christians believe about creation?
What do fundamentalist Christians believe about creation?
The world was created in six days
What is a paradigm?
What is a paradigm?
An accepted way of understanding
According to Kuhn, what is science most of the time?
According to Kuhn, what is science most of the time?
A closed system
Why might science have overtaken religion as a key explanatory system?
Why might science have overtaken religion as a key explanatory system?
Openness to new ideas