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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 does Popper give credit to conventionalism for doing?
(a) Linking theory to experiment.
(b) Offering differing opinions.
(c) Adapting to varying conditions.
(d) Blind acceptance of logic.

2. Popper feels the principle of causality is not falsifiable and therefore regards it as what?
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Physical.
(c) Empirical.
(d) Tautological.

3. What does Popper consider existential statements to be?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Tautological.
(c) Logical.
(d) Metaphysical.

4. What does Popper say methodological rules are?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Testable.
(c) Conventions.
(d) Keys to understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows for considerations of whether a theory is falsifiable?

2. What does Popper feel is a fruitless exercise?

3. What is a precondition for rational consideration?

4. What must be maintained in at each level of the experimental process?

5. What does Popper consider to contribute to the cosmology of empirical science?

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