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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 type of approach do positivists use to investigate scientific statements?
(a) Inductive approach.
(b) Deductive approach.
(c) Theoretical approach.
(d) Logical approach.

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

3. What does the first rule of logic do?
(a) Sets a norm.
(b) States testability.
(c) Determines the type of research.
(d) Proves a scientific statement.

4. 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.

5. What is the concept of simplicity a part of according to Popper?
(a) Metaphysical logic.
(b) Infinite regress.
(c) Framework of induction.
(d) Logical reasoning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

4. What term does Popper use of empirical science?

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

(see the answer key)

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