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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 reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?
(a) Deductive.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Testable.

2. What must a philosopher do to accept Poppers proposed definition of science?
(a) Accept the consequences.
(b) Understand empirical science.
(c) Agree with its constructs.
(d) Read his background theories.

3. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?
(a) Comparing theories.
(b) Internal consistency.
(c) Investigations.
(d) Empirical applications.

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

5. What term does Popper use of empirical science?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Synthetic.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Artificial.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of reasoning does Popper believe inductive reasoning is?

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

4. How many conditions must a statement satisfy in order to be falsifiable?

5. What does Popper admit is a problem with scientific investigations?

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