The Task of Science Is "Not the Dull and Easy

question 90

Multiple Choice

The task of science is "not the dull and easy job of showing that a fixed hypothesis is right or wrong in a given context.… Science has the more exciting task of discovering in what senses the hypothesis and its theoretical explanations are true and in what senses false." Who said this?

• A) William Dement
• B) Sigmund Freud
• C) William McGuire
• D) Aristotle

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Definitions:

Separation Rituals

Activities or ceremonies that mark the transition of an individual from one role, status, or phase of life to another.

Divestment Ritual

A divestment ritual involves the symbolic removal of value or identity from an object, often as part of disposing of personal possessions.

Transition-Place

a location or phase that marks the change from one state or condition to another.

Iconic Transfer Rituals

Practices involving the transfer of items endowed with special meaning from one person to another, often as a part of ceremonial exchanges.