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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. Who does Popper suggest works in probabilistic logic to determine the probability of a hypothesis?
(a) Conventionalists.
(b) Metaphysicists.
(c) Inductivists.
(d) Positivist.

2. What theory attempted to eliminate unobservable events?
(a) Einstein's theory of probability.
(b) Newton's theory of gravity.
(c) The Bohr Model.
(d) Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

3. What is the central question Popper poses for theories?
(a) How logical they are.
(b) How they stand up to other tests.
(c) Whether they yield significant results.
(d) If they have been tested more than once.

4. What is the word simplicity dependent on?
(a) Logic.
(b) Practicality.
(c) Conventionalism.
(d) Nothing.

5. What theory does Schrödinger begin this investigation with?
(a) Light theory.
(b) Sound theory.
(c) Wave theory.
(d) Particle theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper assume is a main characteristic of quantum theory formula?

2. What is the result, according to Popper, when inductive logic is used?

3. According to Popper, since measurement can be altered what does that say about using measurement in science?

4. What does Popper say degrees of simplicity can be identified with in the 1972 addendum in Chapter 7?

5. When comparing empirical content, what two factors must the relationship points fall between?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the concern with using infinite sequences?

3. What is the basic contribution that Popper makes to the logic of the theory of probability?

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

5. What does Popper suggest about hypothetical assumptions in his discussion on inductivists?

6. Why does Popper dismiss cardinality in terms of giving meaning to a class of events?

7. What does Popper states determines corroboration?

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

9. What is the basis of the wave theory used by Schrödinger?

10. What does Popper demonstrate by using probability theory?

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