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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. According to many theorists, what gives meaning to classes of events?
(a) Class dimensions.
(b) Subclass events.
(c) Testability.
(d) Power.

2. What does Popper give credit to conventionalism for doing?
(a) Blind acceptance of logic.
(b) Adapting to varying conditions.
(c) Offering differing opinions.
(d) Linking theory to experiment.

3. What depends on both universal and singular statements?
(a) Abstract thought.
(b) Correlations.
(c) Logical factors.
(d) Causality.

4. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?
(a) Empirical science.
(b) Theory.
(c) Logic.
(d) Metaphysics.

5. From what does methodological rule differ?
(a) Rules of truth.
(b) Rules of sustainability.
(c) Rules of logic.
(d) Rules of science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holds the fate of a theory?

2. How are theories used to explain the world?

3. Where does information about precision come from?

4. What does Popper do if proof for a statement can not be found?

5. For a theory to be falsifiable, what must it prohibit?

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