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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. What hypothetical estimate of frequency suggests equal distribution, normally based on considerations of symmetry?
(a) Random events hypothesis.
(b) Equal choice hypothesis.
(c) Extrapolation of statistical findings.
(d) Objective probability hypothesis.

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

3. What does Popper consider existential statements to be?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Logical.
(c) Tautological.
(d) Metaphysical.

4. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?
(a) Advanced term.
(b) Primitive term.
(c) Existential term.
(d) Epistemological term.

5. Statements that rule things out rather than include more things are considered what type of statements?
(a) Tautological.
(b) Falsifiable.
(c) Universal.
(d) Singular.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Popper rejects psychologism?

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

3. According to von Mises, what occurs to the frequencies of events when event sequences become longer?

4. What comprises empirical science?

5. From what does a theoretical system arise?

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