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

2. What is one approach to knowledge considered by Popper?
(a) Accidental.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Purposive.
(d) Inductive.

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

4. What does Popper consider to contribute to the cosmology of empirical science?
(a) Metaphysical and philosophical ideas.
(b) Linguistic puzzles.
(c) Questions of fact.
(d) Inductive frameworks.

5. What type of rule do positivists and reductionists adhere to, according to Popper?
(a) Non-logical rules.
(b) Rules of Psychology.
(c) Logical rules.
(d) Dogmatic rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?

2. What does the first rule of logic do?

3. What type of reasoning does Popper believe inductive reasoning is?

4. How does deductive reasoning begin?

5. What view does Popper take to analyze scientific thinking?

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