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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 3, Theories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does logic serve in determining if a statement is testable?
(a) It sets up criteria.
(b) It does nothing.
(c) It creates provability.
(d) It creates understanding.

2. What type of reasoning, according to Popper, is not rational?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Testable.
(d) Deductive.

3. What is diametrically opposed to the critical attitude required of a scientist?
(a) Demarcation.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Experimentation.
(d) Dogmatic defense.

4. What method does Popper say applies to science and is important to the theory of knowledge?
(a) Resolving contradictions.
(b) Understanding statements.
(c) Learning assumptions.
(d) Proving theories.

5. What is the theory of theories?
(a) Causality.
(b) The logic of science.
(c) System of theories.
(d) Existential statements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first rule of logic do?

2. To what does Popper equate critical thinking?

3. What ties down fundamental ideas?

4. How does deductive reasoning begin?

5. What must a philosopher do to accept Poppers proposed definition of science?

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