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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. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?
(a) They are logical.
(b) They are objectively testable.
(c) They are proven.
(d) They have been tested.

2. What increases with the increase of the degrees of falsifiability?
(a) Degrees of singular statements.
(b) Degrees of testability.
(c) Degrees of universality and precision.
(d) Degrees of justification.

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

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

5. With what does psychologism concern itself?
(a) Logical analysis.
(b) Questions of justification.
(c) Questions of fact.
(d) Concept of demarcation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?

2. What is directly linked to falsification?

3. How does Popper negate positivist notions regarding the meaninglessness of certain scientific statements?

4. How does logic serve in determining if a statement is testable?

5. If two statements have equal logical content what must also be equal?

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