View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 9, Some Observations on Quantum Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hypothetical estimate of frequency suggests equal distribution, normally based on considerations of symmetry?
(a) Equal choice hypothesis.
(b) Objective probability hypothesis.
(c) Extrapolation of statistical findings.
(d) Random events hypothesis.

2. What view does Popper take to analyze scientific thinking?
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Metaphysical.

3. What happens if there is on falsifiable information?
(a) Learning does not occur.
(b) Learning occurs.
(c) Experiments fail.
(d) Conventionalism is proven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of approach do positivists use to investigate scientific statements?

2. How do conventionalists define simplicity?

3. What must a philosopher do to accept Poppers proposed definition of science?

4. What does Popper think about statements in which individuals names do not occur?

5. What theory attempted to eliminate unobservable events?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 208 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample