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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. How are theories used to explain the world?
(a) As concrete fact.
(b) As abstract thought.
(c) By questioning everything.
(d) As guides.

2. What depends on both universal and singular statements?
(a) Causality.
(b) Correlations.
(c) Abstract thought.
(d) Logical factors.

3. What comprises empirical science?
(a) Universal assumptions.
(b) Natural laws.
(c) Systems of theories.
(d) Guides to explanations.

4. What type of reasoning does Popper deny exists?
(a) Deductive.
(b) Testable.
(c) Inductive.
(d) Scientific.

5. What does Popper feel is the result of adopting conditions to a hypothesis?
(a) It guards against conventionalism.
(b) It will verify any phenomena under investigation.
(c) It will lead to positive outcomes.
(d) It supports conventionalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does a theoretical system arise?

2. How do conventionalists view Poppers beliefs on the underpinnings of new discoveries?

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

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

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

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