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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 5, The Problem of Empirical Basis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Popper give credit to conventionalism for doing?
(a) Blind acceptance of logic.
(b) Offering differing opinions.
(c) Adapting to varying conditions.
(d) Linking theory to experiment.

2. How do conventionalists view Poppers beliefs on the underpinnings of new discoveries?
(a) Logical.
(b) A collapse of science.
(c) Good judgment.
(d) Unwarranted.

3. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?
(a) Existential term.
(b) Primitive term.
(c) Advanced term.
(d) Epistemological term.

4. Also referred to as singular statements, what are subsets of events?
(a) Post events.
(b) Occurrences.
(c) Situations.
(d) Sub-events.

5. What is the concept of simplicity a part of according to Popper?
(a) Infinite regress.
(b) Logical reasoning.
(c) Metaphysical logic.
(d) Framework of induction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if there is on falsifiable information?

2. What does Popper use to check his investigations?

3. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?

4. According to conventionalism, what is required to make determinations of the natural world?

5. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?

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