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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 does Popper note about conventionalists appeal to simplicity?

2. If two statements have equal logical content what must also be equal?

3. In order to validate his theory, what does Popper categorize regarding frequency theory?

4. What will classes with greater dimensions have?

5. What theory attempted to eliminate unobservable events?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Using Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, what does Popper attempt to prove?

3. How is the theory of chance solved?

4. What does Popper suggest about hypothetical assumptions in his discussion on inductivists?

5. Why does Popper prefer quantitative over qualitative methods?

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

7. Why does Popper dismiss cardinality in terms of giving meaning to a class of events?

8. What is the position taken to make the argument for sample selection in research?

9. What role does simplicity play in theories of inductive logic?

10. How does Popper feel traditional inductivists work?

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

In one experiment designed to somewhat mimic studies by Compton-Simon and Bothe-Geiger, Popper suggests the use of an "imaginary selection." What is the purpose of this selection?

Essay Topic 3

How does one differentiate between a conventionalist and an empirical theory? Based on this, how can one avoid conventionalist theories? Why would one want to avoid a conventionalist theory?

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