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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 10, Corroboration, or How a Theory Stands up to Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Popper do if proof for a statement can not be found?
(a) Retests.
(b) Suspends judgment.
(c) Denies the statement.
(d) Makes assumptions to better prove the statement.

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

3. What does Popper admit is a problem with scientific investigations?
(a) Abstract nature of philosophy.
(b) Logical decisions.
(c) Subjectivity.
(d) Objectivity.

4. What is used to capture and explain the world?
(a) Logical statements.
(b) Scientific data.
(c) Laws of nature.
(d) Theories.

5. Statements that rule things out rather than include more things are considered what type of statements?
(a) Falsifiable.
(b) Tautological.
(c) Universal.
(d) Singular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?

2. What does the principle of causality say about all events?

3. What does Popper thinks about Wittgenstein, Schlick, and Feigl's thoughts on simplicity as a basic law?

4. What is retained by old theories when their success is demonstrated through research?

5. What involves considering the number of favorable cases divided by the number of possible cases?

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