Self-paced
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P1
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Intro topic ·
Two views of role of science in knowledge
Reductionists think all knowledge is reducible to science. Traditionalists think science is just one out of many kinds of knowledge. Dyson is a traditionalist.
P2
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Application of two views ·
Two takes on paranormal phenomena
Scientific attempts to study paranormal phenomena have failed. Skeptics think this means paranormal phenomena doesn’t exist. Dyson thinks they can still exist.
P3
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Support for A's Perspective ·
Anecdotal evidence of paranormal phenomena
There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence of paranormal phenomena. Although these can’t be reproduced under controlled conditions, there are good reasons why that’s not possible.
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Support for A's perspective ·
Paranormal phenomena and science may be complementary
Paranormal phenomena and science may be complementary, meaning that they might both be valid, but can’t be observed at the same time.
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Description of A's perspective ·
Recap of Dyson's view in ridiculing way
B's perspective ·
Dyson's wrong
Experiments show that paranormal phenomena doesn't exist.
Response to complementarity ·
Doesn't apply to paranormal activity
Passage Style
12.
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a
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Passage B does not try to show that skeptics of paranormal phenomena are not near the reductionist extreme. Passage B doesn’t suggest that there’s any other kind of knowledge besides that produced by science, and certainly doesn’t comment on skeptics’ relationship to the reductionist extreme.
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Passage B does not dismiss the idea that skeptics of paranormal phenomenon are near the reductionist extreme. In fact, Passage B does not comment on the reductionist extreme and whether skeptics typically fall close to that extreme.
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(C) is the most accurate description of Passage B’s relationship to the assertion compared to the other answers. Passage B is clearly a skeptic of paranormal phenomena, and Passage B believes that the fact paranormal phenomena cannot be shown in scientific experiments proves that such phenomena doesn’t exist. This means Passage B thinks there is no other kind of knowledge that could support the existence of paranormal phenomena. That places Passage B near the reductionist extreme.
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Passage B’s only comment on complementarity is that it doesn’t apply to paranormal phenomena. Passage does not discuss the relationship between complementarity and the assertion that skeptics of paranormal phenomena are typically near the reductionist extreme.
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Passage B does not try to show that Passage A ever contradicts that assertion. Passage B never argues that Passage A elsewhere said that skeptics of paranormal phenomena are not near the reductionist extreme.