Answer the following essay questions:
Describe the Newtonian style of modern science and explain how it developed into positivism. Be sure to discuss the issues related to description, prediction, control, and explanation.
Summarize Hempel and Oppenheim's covering-law model of scientific explanation and its key features. What is the Iron Law of Explanation? Briefly describe some criticisms of the Hempel and Oppenheim covering-law model of scientific explanation.