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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 8, Probability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Popper feel about an axiom in relations of von Mises view of an axiom of randomness?
(a) Mathematical validity is high.
(b) It is a powerful construct.
(c) It is a weak construct.
(d) It is self-contradicting.

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

3. What challenges Poppers use of falsification as criteria in deciding is a theoretical system is empirical?
(a) Construction of Nature.
(b) Conventionalism.
(c) Theoretical experiments.
(d) Competence.

4. What allows for considerations of whether a theory is falsifiable?
(a) Theories.
(b) Basic statements.
(c) Potential falsifiers.
(d) Universal statements.

5. What lies in the testability of simple systems?
(a) The justification of simplicity.
(b) The construct of simplicity.
(c) The value of simplicity.
(d) The flaw of simplicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should guide the methods of testing scientific statements?

2. What type of reasoning does Popper deny exists?

3. What does Popper refer to as complex in the highest degree?

4. What types of statements have no logical justification in which to draw conclusions?

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

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