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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 statement is deduced from universal statements?
(a) Logical.
(b) Singular.
(c) True.
(d) Assumed.
2. According to conventionalists, what will yields more complete results of science?
(a) Logical constructions of nature.
(b) Inferences.
(c) Experimentation.
(d) Greater mastery.
3. What does Popper say methodological rules are?
(a) Testable.
(b) Keys to understanding.
(c) Conventions.
(d) Irrelevant.
4. What type of reasoning does Popper deny exists?
(a) Testable.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Deductive.
5. What term does Popper use of empirical science?
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Synthetic.
(c) Artificial.
(d) Inductive.
Short Answer Questions
1. How must scientific statements be tested?
2. What does the principle of causality say about all events?
3. How many conditions must a statement satisfy in order to be falsifiable?
4. What does Popper think about statements in which individuals names do not occur?
5. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What must be assumed to justify a universal statement?
2. What type of questions or thoughts does Popper state are irrelevant to scientific knowledge?
3. What does Popper state is not the goal of science?
4. What argument does Popper present against conventionalists and positivists regarding the testing of a theory?
5. Why is the concept of numerical universality a problem for Popper?
6. What is the conventionalist view of science?
7. How is causality related to tautological arguments?
8. How is a naturalistic view constraining to scientific thought?
9. Why does Popper view positivism as narrow, limited, and misguided?
10. What does breaking the investigation of the chain of logical reasoning into steps allow Popper to do?
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