The black box thesis argues that...

Causal inference should be based only on summaries of statistical evidence.

The "Gold Standard" of Evidence-Based Medicine is...

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

The study of disease classification

What is a "magic bullet" in medicine?

A medical intervention that targets a specific causal factor

What is the 10/90 gap?

10% of medical resources are used to study health problems of 90% of people

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Philosophy of Medicine Fall 2023

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1
What position does Germund Hesslow take on the concept of disease?
Naturalism
Normativism
Eliminativism
Hybridism
2
The black box thesis argues that...
Causal inference should be based only on summaries of statistical evidence.
Causal inference should be based on authority.
Causal inference should be based on both mechanisms and statistics.
Causal inference should be based on knowledge of mechanisms.
3
What branch of philosophy explores the nature, scope, and limits of knowledge?
Epistemology
Ethics
Aesthetics
Metaphysics
4
The "Gold Standard" of Evidence-Based Medicine is...
Whatever Bingus says
Gold
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
Meta-analysis
5
Which of the following is an essential but nonnatural kind?
Lava Rock
Beautiful music
Chess
Gold
6
What is nosology?
The study of noses
The study of disease classification
The study of knowledge
The study of evidence
7
What is a "magic bullet" in medicine?
A method of killing werewolves
A medical intervention that targets a specific causal factor
A medical intervention that targets a variety of causal factors
8
What is the 10/90 gap?
10% of medical resources are used to study health problems of 90% of people
10% of cat owners own 90% of the hairless cats
10% of the courses at Cornell have 90% of the fun
9
Which one of the following is NOT one of the three theories of causation?
Probability Raising Theory
INUS Theory
Sufficiency Theory
Demarcation Theory
10
What position does Taeyoo play in basketball?
Center
Shooting Guard
Power Forward
The Bench
11
What is Bingus?
Izhar's pet
A hairless cat
A space alien
A hairless dog
12
According to the normative concept of disease, disease is...
prevention from future possible goods
a dysfunction of statistically typical efficiency
a disvalued state
whatever Bingus has
13
What kind of problem aims to develop a principle that can distinguish one thing from another?
Ethical problem
Funding problem
Demarcation problem
Design problem
14
Which of the following is an example of a culture-bound syndrome?
Being a Cornell student
Sleeping late on Prelim day
Influenza
Hwabyeong
15
What type of bias happens when people give more weight to evidence that confirms their pre-evidence beliefs?
Selection bias
Confirmation bias
Design bias
Pulication bias

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