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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 3, Theories.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of statement is deduced from universal statements?
(a) Assumed.
(b) True.
(c) Logical.
(d) Singular.

3. What are the boundaries of conditions?
(a) Physical and metaphysical.
(b) Logic and non-logic.
(c) Theory and proof.
(d) Truth and falsehood.

4. Popper feels the principle of causality is not falsifiable and therefore regards it as what?
(a) Tautological.
(b) Physical.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Empirical.

5. What ties down fundamental ideas?
(a) Contradictions.
(b) Conventions.
(c) Constructs.
(d) Rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does methodological rule differ?

2. What is not to be expected of methodology?

3. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?

4. What confuses the distinction between universal and individual names?

5. What does Popper consider to contribute to the cosmology of empirical science?

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