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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 relationships does Popper explore in chapter 8?
(a) Probability and experience.
(b) Probability and scientific fact.
(c) Probability and simplicity.
(d) Probability and assumptions.

2. With what does psychologism concern itself?
(a) Questions of justification.
(b) Concept of demarcation.
(c) Logical analysis.
(d) Questions of fact.

3. What can be predicted using the statistical scatter principle?
(a) A particle's mass.
(b) A particle's speed.
(c) A particle's size.
(d) A particle's path.

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

5. Who view natural science as a logical construction of nature?
(a) Realists.
(b) Theorists.
(c) Experimenters.
(d) Conventionalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holds the fate of a theory?

2. What does Popper dismiss Weyl's use of mathematical simplicity?

3. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

4. What do some researchers suggest occurs when the probability is paired with testability?

5. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?

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