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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. According to conventionalism, what is required to make determinations of the natural world?
(a) Inferences.
(b) Theories.
(c) Laws.
(d) Proofs.

2. What holds the fate of a theory?
(a) Justifications.
(b) Other theories.
(c) Decisions.
(d) Point of view.

3. What does Menger say about definitions?
(a) They are fruitful.
(b) They serve science well.
(c) They are dogmas.
(d) They are based on observations.

4. What is the theory of theories?
(a) System of theories.
(b) The logic of science.
(c) Causality.
(d) Existential statements.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ties down fundamental ideas?

3. Popper feels the principle of causality is not falsifiable and therefore regards it as what?

4. What does Popper say methodological rules are?

5. What confuses the distinction between universal and individual names?

(see the answer key)

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