MPYE-009 Philosophy of Science and Cosmology – Solved Assignment
Note:
i) Answer all five questions.
ii) All five questions carry equal marks.
iii) The answer of questions no. 1 and 2 should be in about 500 words.
1. Write a note on the commonality and difference between scientific and philosophical methods.
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Discuss and evaluate the idea of Paradigm Shift?
2. Differentiate perceptual and conceptual space and time. Compare idealistic and realistic theory of space and time.
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What is falsification? Write an essay on the contribution of Karl H Popper in the development of philosophy of science.
3. Answer any two questions in about 250 words each. (2×10=20)
- a) What do you understand by observation? Discuss the limits of observation in Science.
- b) What are the philosophical implications of the Bayesian theory of Probability
- c) Compare Classical Mechanics with Quantum Mechanics.
- d) How does Heisenberg relate the principle of Uncertainty to the principle of causality?
4. Answer any four questions in about 150 words each. (4×5=20)
- a) Write a note on the Aupanishdik understanding of cosmology.
- b) Highlight the main features of feminist account of science.
- c) Write a note on the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics?
- d) Write a note on the contribution of Kepler to cosmology.
- e) What are the postulates of special theory of relativity?
- f) Compare the idea of gravitation given by Newton and Einstein.
5. Write short notes on any five in about 100 words each. (5×4=20)
- a) Decoherence
- b) Idea of incommensurability
- c) Paradigm Shift
- d) Dark Matter
- e) False Vacuum
- f) Hubble’s Law
- g) The inflationary Theory
- h) Dual Nature of a Particle
All answers are prepared as per IGNOU assignment requirements for MPYE-009 and written in simple, easy-to-understand language.