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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 type of statement is deduced from universal statements?

2. What does Popper states the "game of science" is?

3. What does Popper suggest is not psychological?

4. How does logic serve in determining if a statement is testable?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is a naturalistic view constraining to scientific thought?

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

3. What must an experimenter do in order to test a theory?

4. How is causality related to tautological arguments?

5. What does breaking the investigation of the chain of logical reasoning into steps allow Popper to do?

6. What is the benefit of singular statements?

7. What is Fries' trilemma?

8. What is the task of the logic of scientific discovery?

9. What is the purpose of empirical systems being consistent and falsifiable?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What three steps must be taken for a statement to be logically examined? Discuss each step and identify its place in this process as well as its role.

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

Popper discusses the relationship between corroborability and testability. Discuss this relationship. Is this relationship positive or negative? Must is be one or the other in order for science to be successful? Provide support for your answer using examples and evidence from the readings.

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