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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 5, The Problem of Empirical Basis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens if there is on falsifiable information?
(a) Learning does not occur.
(b) Experiments fail.
(c) Learning occurs.
(d) Conventionalism is proven.

3. To what does Popper equate critical thinking?
(a) Deductive thinking.
(b) Inductive thinking.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Rational attitude.

4. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?
(a) A solution.
(b) Theories.
(c) A loop that logic cannot escape.
(d) More problems.

5. What do the constructions of the laws of nature determine?
(a) The value of science.
(b) The falsifiability of a theory.
(c) The truth of a theory.
(d) The properties of the natural world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of statements are scientific theories?

2. What is the concept of simplicity a part of according to Popper?

3. What are the boundaries of conditions?

4. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?

5. What is a precondition for rational consideration?

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