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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Popper use of empirical science?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Artificial.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Synthetic.

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

3. What should guide the methods of testing scientific statements?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Logic.
(d) Physics.

4. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?
(a) Comparing theories.
(b) Internal consistency.
(c) Empirical applications.
(d) Investigations.

5. What is diametrically opposed to the critical attitude required of a scientist?
(a) Epistemology.
(b) Dogmatic defense.
(c) Demarcation.
(d) Experimentation.

6. How do conventionalists view Poppers beliefs on the underpinnings of new discoveries?
(a) A collapse of science.
(b) Good judgment.
(c) Unwarranted.
(d) Logical.

7. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?
(a) Advanced term.
(b) Existential term.
(c) Epistemological term.
(d) Primitive term.

8. Popper feels the principle of causality is not falsifiable and therefore regards it as what?
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Empirical.
(c) Physical.
(d) Tautological.

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

10. What ties down fundamental ideas?
(a) Conventions.
(b) Rules.
(c) Contradictions.
(d) Constructs.

11. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?
(a) A solution.
(b) More problems.
(c) Theories.
(d) A loop that logic cannot escape.

12. Natural laws are in a form to negate what type of statements?
(a) Existential.
(b) Proven.
(c) Universal.
(d) Singular.

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

14. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?
(a) They are objectively testable.
(b) They are proven.
(c) They are logical.
(d) They have been tested.

15. What does Popper say about positivism?
(a) It is too narrow, limited, and misguided.
(b) It is based on invalid assumptions.
(c) It is a clear way of thinking.
(d) It is based on scientific data.

Short Answer Questions

1. Statements that are not testable serve what purpose?

2. From what does methodological rule differ?

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

4. What deductive tests compare conclusions?

5. What guides a scientific experiment?

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