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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 leads to scientific advances?
(a) Creating hypotheses.
(b) The passion for knowledge.
(c) Proving theories are invalid.
(d) The quest for knowledge.

2. What does Popper call his probability theory?
(a) Normative frequency theory.
(b) Subjective frequency theory.
(c) Objective frequency theory.
(d) Modified frequency theory.

3. How does Popper explain the differences in his selection process?
(a) Using letters.
(b) Using discrete categories.
(c) Using ordinal numbers.
(d) Using rational numbers.

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

5. What concept does Popper consider probability to be outside of?
(a) Conventionalism.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) Falsification.
(d) Positivism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to many theorists, what gives meaning to classes of events?

2. What is complimentary to the degree of falsifiability?

3. What does Popper feel about the scientific characteristic of nature?

4. What is directly linked to falsification?

5. What theory is based on random events?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Popper, where does the value of simplicity lay?

2. Why does Popper feel that intersubjective objectivity must be applied to statistical statements?

3. What does Popper believe regarding the logical proximity of a theory to empirical statements?

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

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

6. Why do falsifiable statements hold the greatest promise for science?

7. How does Popper explain the dimensions of theories using geometry?

8. What is the concern with using infinite sequences?

9. How does falsifiability relate to the dimensions of a statement under investigation?

10. How does Popper feel traditional inductivists work?

(see the answer keys)

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