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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 is important to Popper's argument for a logic of science?
(a) Singular statements.
(b) Theories.
(c) Potential falsifiers.
(d) Universal statements.

2. What is diametrically opposed to the critical attitude required of a scientist?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Demarcation.
(d) Dogmatic defense.

3. For a theory to be falsifiable, what must it prohibit?
(a) Logic.
(b) At least one occurrence.
(c) Conventionalism.
(d) Previous theories.

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

5. According to Popper, what can't universals be reduced to?
(a) Infinite regress.
(b) Psychologism.
(c) A class of experiences.
(d) Dogmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper think about statements in which individuals names do not occur?

2. What denotes what is universal about an occurrence?

3. What is the theory of theories?

4. What does Popper fear philosophers will think about methodological investigations?

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

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