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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 6, Degrees of Testability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Popper admit is a problem with scientific investigations?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Abstract nature of philosophy.
(c) Logical decisions.
(d) Subjectivity.

2. What is the theory of theories?
(a) The logic of science.
(b) Existential statements.
(c) Causality.
(d) System of theories.

3. How does logic serve in determining if a statement is testable?
(a) It sets up criteria.
(b) It creates provability.
(c) It does nothing.
(d) It creates understanding.

4. From what does a theoretical system arise?
(a) Universal statements.
(b) Axioms.
(c) Conventions.
(d) Contradictions.

5. What does the principle of causality say about all events?
(a) They can be deductively predicted.
(b) They can in inductively predicted.
(c) They must be falsifiable.
(d) They must use previous assumptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. By seeking the highest degree of universality and precision, what type of content results?

2. What is complimentary to the degree of falsifiability?

3. Where does information about precision come from?

4. How must scientific statements be tested?

5. If two statements have equal logical content what must also be equal?

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