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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 must be maintained in at each level of the experimental process?

2. What does Popper suggest is the result of using logic to justify a statement?

3. What is one approach to knowledge considered by Popper?

4. What types of statements are scientific theories?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does one make a statement falsifiable?

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

4. What is the conventionalist view of science?

5. How does metaphysics factor into the scientific process?

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

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

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

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

10. What are three characteristics of theories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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