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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 can observation do for science?
(a) Establish the truth of a statement.
(b) Provide information on facts.
(c) Justify statements.
(d) Assume falsification.

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

3. What principle does science presuppose?
(a) The variability of nature.
(b) The chaos of nature.
(c) The uniformity of nature.
(d) The homogeneity of nature.

4. What is the concept of simplicity a part of according to Popper?
(a) Infinite regress.
(b) Framework of induction.
(c) Logical reasoning.
(d) Metaphysical logic.

5. What is the theory of theories?
(a) Causality.
(b) The logic of science.
(c) Existential statements.
(d) System of theories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Popper feel has been unsuccessful in purging atomic science of metaphysical influences?

2. What type of reasoning does Popper believe inductive reasoning is?

3. Where does information about precision come from?

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

5. What formula, developed by Popper, suggests that no aggregate of particles is more homogeneous than a pure case?

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