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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. To what does Popper equate critical thinking?
(a) Deductive thinking.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Rational attitude.
(d) Inductive thinking.

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

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

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

5. What method does Popper say applies to science and is important to the theory of knowledge?
(a) Understanding statements.
(b) Learning assumptions.
(c) Resolving contradictions.
(d) Proving theories.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?

3. How does deductive reasoning begin?

4. What is diametrically opposed to the critical attitude required of a scientist?

5. For what purpose are methodological rules developed?

(see the answer key)

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