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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 types of statements are scientific theories?
(a) Universal.
(b) Singular.
(c) Proven.
(d) Logical.

2. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?
(a) Testable.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Deductive.
(d) Scientific.

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

4. What type of approach do positivists use to investigate scientific statements?
(a) Inductive approach.
(b) Logical approach.
(c) Theoretical approach.
(d) Deductive approach.

5. What does Popper fear philosophers will think about methodological investigations?
(a) They contradict years of thought.
(b) There is no substance in them.
(c) They do not belong to philosophy.
(d) They do not work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one approach to knowledge considered by Popper?

2. What does Popper states the "game of science" is?

3. What depends on both universal and singular statements?

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

5. What is used to capture and explain the world?

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