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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. How do conventionalists view Poppers beliefs on the underpinnings of new discoveries?
(a) Unwarranted.
(b) Good judgment.
(c) Logical.
(d) A collapse of science.

2. From what does methodological rule differ?
(a) Rules of science.
(b) Rules of sustainability.
(c) Rules of logic.
(d) Rules of truth.

3. How does deductive reasoning begin?
(a) Premise of testability.
(b) Premise of logic.
(c) Premise of falsifiability.
(d) Premise of induction.

4. What does Popper consider to contribute to the cosmology of empirical science?
(a) Inductive frameworks.
(b) Linguistic puzzles.
(c) Metaphysical and philosophical ideas.
(d) Questions of fact.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper feel is a fruitless exercise?

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

3. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?

4. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?

5. What type of classes are singled out and can not be subject to the rigors of scientific empirical scrutiny?

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