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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 does Popper give credit to conventionalism for doing?
(a) Blind acceptance of logic.
(b) Adapting to varying conditions.
(c) Offering differing opinions.
(d) Linking theory to experiment.

2. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Empirical science.
(c) Theory.
(d) Logic.

3. What is the reproducible effect which refutes a theory?
(a) Convention.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Falsification.
(d) Falsifiability.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper use to check his investigations?

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

3. Also referred to as singular statements, what are subsets of events?

4. What allows for considerations of whether a theory is falsifiable?

5. What does Popper do if proof for a statement can not be found?

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