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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 4, Falsifiability.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What must be identical to basic statements?
(a) Singular statements.
(b) Theories.
(c) Potential falsifiers.
(d) Universal statements.

4. What does the principle of causality say about all events?
(a) They must be falsifiable.
(b) They can be deductively predicted.
(c) They can in inductively predicted.
(d) They must use previous assumptions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does methodological rule differ?

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

3. What type of rule do positivists and reductionists adhere to, according to Popper?

4. What happens when theories are refined?

5. How many conditions must a statement satisfy in order to be falsifiable?

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