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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 4, Falsifiability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first rule of logic do?
(a) Proves a scientific statement.
(b) Determines the type of research.
(c) States testability.
(d) Sets a norm.

2. From what does a theoretical system arise?
(a) Universal statements.
(b) Conventions.
(c) Contradictions.
(d) Axioms.

3. What does Popper fear philosophers will think about methodological investigations?
(a) They do not work.
(b) They contradict years of thought.
(c) They do not belong to philosophy.
(d) There is no substance in them.

4. What must be identical to basic statements?
(a) Universal statements.
(b) Potential falsifiers.
(c) Theories.
(d) Singular statements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of statements are scientific theories?

2. What is the reproducible effect which refutes a theory?

3. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?

4. What should the rules of epistemology adhere to?

5. From what does methodological rule differ?

(see the answer key)

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