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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 do the constructions of the laws of nature determine?
(a) The properties of the natural world.
(b) The truth of a theory.
(c) The value of science.
(d) The falsifiability of a theory.

2. What does Popper think about statements in which individuals names do not occur?
(a) They are tautological.
(b) They are not logical.
(c) They are logical.
(d) They are metaphysical.

3. What are easier to test and falsify?
(a) Complex structures.
(b) Unified structures.
(c) Singular structures.
(d) Simple structures.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to conventionalism, what is required to make determinations of the natural world?

2. What type of rule do positivists and reductionists adhere to, according to Popper?

3. What does Popper equate simplicity with?

4. What is one characteristic of the relationship between theory and classes of statements that must be present?

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

(see the answer key)

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