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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. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?
(a) Testable.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Deductive.
(d) Scientific.

2. The success of a theory is base on what comparison?
(a) To the experimental justification.
(b) To other theories.
(c) To the singular statements.
(d) To the scientist's point of view.

3. What view does Popper take to analyze scientific thinking?
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Linguistic.

4. Statements that are not testable serve what purpose?
(a) Judge science.
(b) They serve no purpose.
(c) Validate previous experience.
(d) Suggest a problem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first rule of logic do?

2. What ties down fundamental ideas?

3. What denotes what is universal about an occurrence?

4. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

5. What term does Popper use of empirical science?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are three characteristics of theories?

3. What must an experimenter do in order to test a theory?

4. How does Popper define a scientist?

5. How is causality related to tautological arguments?

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

7. What is the purpose of empirical systems being consistent and falsifiable?

8. What is the conventionalist view of science?

9. How does one make a statement falsifiable?

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

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