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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 principle does science presuppose?
(a) The homogeneity of nature.
(b) The uniformity of nature.
(c) The variability of nature.
(d) The chaos of nature.

2. What involves considering the number of favorable cases divided by the number of possible cases?
(a) Concrete probability.
(b) Non-numerical probability.
(c) Abstract probability.
(d) Numerical probability.

3. What does Popper claim can never be probable?
(a) Theories.
(b) Hypothetical assumptions.
(c) Nature.
(d) Laws.

4. What does Popper say about the number of possible events with regard to testability?
(a) They are finite.
(b) They are limited by the theory.
(c) They are infinite.
(d) They are not limited unless proven otherwise.

5. What has a limited utility in comparing falsifiers?
(a) Sub-tests.
(b) Sub-classes.
(c) Sub-justifications.
(d) Sub-dimensions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory attempted to eliminate unobservable events?

2. In chapter 9, what does Popper use to test his probability theory?

3. What law suffers from the metaphysics of induction?

4. What does Popper feel about normally attained simplicity?

5. What is used to make laws based on observations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does simplicity play in theories of inductive logic?

2. What rule does Popper use when discussing the importance of probability in terms of physics?

3. What does Popper say about simple statements in science?

4. Why does Popper feel the view of Wittgenstein, Schlick, and Feigl regarding simplicity misses crucial points?

5. What does Popper demonstrate by using probability theory?

6. How is differentiation possible between theories whose differences are small and difficult to calculate?

7. How is the physical basis for the uncertainty theory undermined?

8. What does Popper states determines corroboration?

9. How is logical probability represented?

10. What does Popper say about simplicity and the philosophers who emphasize its importance?

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