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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 2, On the Problem of a Theory of Scientific Method.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?
(a) A loop that logic cannot escape.
(b) Theories.
(c) More problems.
(d) A solution.

4. What does Popper say methodological rules are?
(a) Keys to understanding.
(b) Testable.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Conventions.

5. With what does psychologism concern itself?
(a) Questions of justification.
(b) Logical analysis.
(c) Questions of fact.
(d) Concept of demarcation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

2. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?

3. To what does Popper equate critical thinking?

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

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

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