Packet 2: Tossup 17

Description acceptable. A 2013 essay collection by Pigliucci and Boudry “reconsiders” this problem by arguing against a paper which discusses three “metaphilosophical” questions regarding it. Paul Thagard gave two conditions to solve this problem, the subject of a Larry Laudan paper titled for its “demise.” Michèle Lamont (15[1])built on Thomas F. Gieryn’s idea of a type of “work” initially proposed to solve this (15[1])problem. (15[1])One (15[1])solution (15[1])to this problem distinguishes (-5[1])activities that engage in (*) “puzzle-solving,” (10[5])which (10[2])characterizes (10[3]-5[1])a discipline’s (10[3])“normal” form (10[1])according (-5[2])to Thomas (10[1])Kuhn. (10[4])The logical positivist criterion (10[1])of verification (10[1])to solve this problem (10[1])was opposed (10[1])by Karl Popper’s falsifiability criterion. For 10 points, name this philosophical problem concerning how to distinguish (-5[1])disciplines like astronomy from those like astrology. ■END■ (10[4])

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