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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not to be expected of methodology?

2. What does Popper do if proof for a statement can not be found?

3. What is used to capture and explain the world?

4. What is one characteristic of the relationship between theory and classes of statements that must be present?

5. What view does Popper take to analyze scientific thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of questions or thoughts does Popper state are irrelevant to scientific knowledge?

2. What is the distinction between universal statements and singular statements?

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

4. Why does Popper view positivism as narrow, limited, and misguided?

5. What are three characteristics of theories?

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

7. What must be assumed to justify a universal statement?

8. Why is the concept of numerical universality a problem for Popper?

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

10. What is the falsification of a statement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Popper has suggests two significant factors about Heisenberg's programme. What are these two factors? How did Popper come to these conclusions? What are Popper's corrections of these issues? Based on the reading and Popper's previous explanations of the uncertainty relations presented in Heisenberg's programme do you feel these are adequate criticisms and solutions?

Essay Topic 2

Popper denotes a difference between "true" and "corroborated". Discuss this difference. How are these two terms used in science? Can something be one but not the other? Provide support from your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Axiom of Randomness and the Axiom of Convergence. What are they? What theory or theories do they apply? What criticism have they received? Do you think the criticism is warranted?

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