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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. Statements that rule things out rather than include more things are considered what type of statements?
(a) Singular.
(b) Falsifiable.
(c) Tautological.
(d) Universal.

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

3. What occurs with non-numerical probability statements when converted into numerical problems?
(a) There are more degrees of freedom.
(b) Their meaning is distorted.
(c) They gain power.
(d) They invalidate the problem.

4. What is diametrically opposed to the critical attitude required of a scientist?
(a) Demarcation.
(b) Experimentation.
(c) Dogmatic defense.
(d) Epistemology.

5. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?
(a) They are objectively testable.
(b) They are proven.
(c) They are logical.
(d) They have been tested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does not requires one to change the number of parameters of the displacements of groups of points.

2. What does Popper state many philosophers do not recognize when emphasizing the importance of simplicity?

3. What does the first rule of logic do?

4. What does Popper feel about an axiom in relations of von Mises view of an axiom of randomness?

5. What is the reproducible effect which refutes a theory?

(see the answer key)

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