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

2. Also referred to as singular statements, what are subsets of events?
(a) Post events.
(b) Occurrences.
(c) Situations.
(d) Sub-events.

3. What deductive tests compare conclusions?
(a) Comparing theories.
(b) Empirical applications.
(c) Internal consistency.
(d) Investigations.

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

5. What are the boundaries of conditions?
(a) Physical and metaphysical.
(b) Truth and falsehood.
(c) Logic and non-logic.
(d) Theory and proof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not to be expected of methodology?

2. With what does psychologism concern itself?

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

4. Popper feels the principle of causality is not falsifiable and therefore regards it as what?

5. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two conditions that must be met for a statement to be falsifiable?

2. What is the falsification of a statement?

3. According to Popper, what should epistemology do?

4. Why does Popper discredit the conventionalist view of science?

5. What is the benefit of singular statements?

6. Popper states that scientific statements cannot be conclusively disproved. If this is the case what can be determined with these statements?

7. What is the conventionalist view of science?

8. How does one make a statement falsifiable?

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

10. What are three characteristics of theories?

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