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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 8, Probability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Popper, what philosophy ignores the hypothetical character of statistically derived estimates?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Inductivism.
(c) Conventionalism.
(d) Positivism.

2. What, according to von Mises, is derived from certain initial probabilities and distributions?
(a) Collectives.
(b) Normative probabilities.
(c) Alternatives.
(d) Event sequences.

3. What guides a scientific experiment?
(a) Logic.
(b) Inductive reasoning.
(c) Theory.
(d) Deductive reasoning.

4. What confuses the distinction between universal and individual names?
(a) Theoretical statements.
(b) Symbolic logic.
(c) Negative statements.
(d) Existential statements.

5. What comprises empirical science?
(a) Natural laws.
(b) Universal assumptions.
(c) Guides to explanations.
(d) Systems of theories.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Popper explain the differences in his selection process?

3. What depends on both universal and singular statements?

4. What ties down fundamental ideas?

5. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?

(see the answer key)

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