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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. Also referred to as singular statements, what are subsets of events?
(a) Sub-events.
(b) Post events.
(c) Occurrences.
(d) Situations.

2. What does Popper suggest is not psychological?
(a) Observability.
(b) Subjectivism.
(c) Objectivism.
(d) Existentialism.

3. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?
(a) Empirical science.
(b) Logic.
(c) Theory.
(d) Metaphysics.

4. What view does Popper take to analyze scientific thinking?
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Metaphysical.

5. By seeking the highest degree of universality and precision, what type of content results?
(a) High positive content.
(b) High assumed content.
(c) High empirical content.
(d) High deductive content.

Short Answer Questions

1. What denotes what is universal about an occurrence?

2. What is considered only if one class includes the other?

3. Natural laws are in a form to negate what type of statements?

4. What is diametrically opposed to the critical attitude required of a scientist?

5. What guides a scientific experiment?

(see the answer key)

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