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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 7, Simplicity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one approach to knowledge considered by Popper?
(a) Accidental.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Inductive.
(d) Purposive.

2. Statements that are not testable serve what purpose?
(a) Validate previous experience.
(b) They serve no purpose.
(c) Judge science.
(d) Suggest a problem.

3. Who view natural science as a logical construction of nature?
(a) Realists.
(b) Theorists.
(c) Conventionalists.
(d) Experimenters.

4. What is directly linked to falsification?
(a) Statements.
(b) Theory.
(c) Logic.
(d) Testability.

5. What type of reasoning does Popper believe inductive reasoning is?
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Rational.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Scientific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?

2. What theory suggests that simplicity is expected to achieve a law-like regularity of events?

3. Popper rejects perceptions because they tie into what type of principles?

4. What are easier to test and falsify?

5. What has a limited utility in comparing falsifiers?

(see the answer key)

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