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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. How are theories used to explain the world?

2. In order to be true statements of science, what characteristic must these statements have?

3. What allows for considerations of whether a theory is falsifiable?

4. What comprises empirical science?

5. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the benefit of singular statements?

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

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

4. What is Fries' trilemma?

5. What is the conventionalist view of science?

6. What are three characteristics of theories?

7. What are the two conditions that must be met for a statement to be falsifiable?

8. According to Popper, what should epistemology do?

9. How is causality related to tautological arguments?

10. What is the falsification of a statement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Popper feels no conclusive disproof of a theory can be obtained. Do you agree? Explain your answer based on the readings.

Essay Topic 2

Popper discusses frequency within a finite class. Discuss how this is determined and used in empirical science. Provide examples and support from the reading.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structure of subclass relations. How do these structures ensure logical probability? Provide support for your answer from the book.

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