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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 6, Degrees of Testability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who view natural science as a logical construction of nature?
(a) Experimenters.
(b) Realists.
(c) Conventionalists.
(d) Theorists.

2. What type of content is considered valuable according to Popper?
(a) Low empirical content.
(b) High empirical content.
(c) Low metaphysical content.
(d) High metaphysical content.

3. What type of classes are singled out and can not be subject to the rigors of scientific empirical scrutiny?
(a) Sub-classes.
(b) Empty classes.
(c) Unique classes.
(d) Unified classes.

4. What should guide the methods of testing scientific statements?
(a) Epistemology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Logic.

5. What does Menger say about definitions?
(a) They serve science well.
(b) They are based on observations.
(c) They are dogmas.
(d) They are fruitful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What denotes what is universal about an occurrence?

2. What comprises empirical science?

3. How many conditions must a statement satisfy in order to be falsifiable?

4. What does Popper use to check his investigations?

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

(see the answer key)

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