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

2. What does Popper consider existential statements to be?
(a) Tautological.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Logical.
(d) Concrete.

3. How does logic serve in determining if a statement is testable?
(a) It does nothing.
(b) It creates provability.
(c) It creates understanding.
(d) It sets up criteria.

4. From what does methodological rule differ?
(a) Rules of science.
(b) Rules of logic.
(c) Rules of truth.
(d) Rules of sustainability.

5. What is one characteristic of the relationship between theory and classes of statements that must be present?
(a) Auxiliary.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Tautological,
(d) Consistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?

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

3. What confuses the distinction between universal and individual names?

4. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

5. What does Popper give credit to conventionalism for doing?

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