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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How must scientific statements be tested?
(a) Logically.
(b) Systematically.
(c) By their inductive consequences.
(d) By their deductive consequences.

2. What confuses the distinction between universal and individual names?
(a) Negative statements.
(b) Symbolic logic.
(c) Theoretical statements.
(d) Existential statements.

3. According to Popper, what can't universals be reduced to?
(a) Infinite regress.
(b) Dogmatism.
(c) A class of experiences.
(d) Psychologism.

4. What does Popper suggest is not psychological?
(a) Existentialism.
(b) Objectivism.
(c) Observability.
(d) Subjectivism.

5. According to conventionalists, what will yields more complete results of science?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Greater mastery.
(c) Inferences.
(d) Logical constructions of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?

2. What is important to Popper's argument for a logic of science?

3. For a theory to be falsifiable, what must it prohibit?

4. What deductive tests compare conclusions?

5. What is a precondition for rational consideration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Popper view positivism as narrow, limited, and misguided?

2. What type of questions or thoughts does Popper state are irrelevant to scientific knowledge?

3. What is the benefit of singular statements?

4. What argument does Popper present against conventionalists and positivists regarding the testing of a theory?

5. What must be assumed to justify a universal statement?

6. What is the distinction between universal statements and singular statements?

7. What is Fries' trilemma?

8. What does Popper say about the blind acceptance of auxiliary hypothesis?

9. What are three characteristics of theories?

10. What is the conventionalist view of science?

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