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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 7, Simplicity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do conventionalists view Poppers beliefs on the underpinnings of new discoveries?
(a) A collapse of science.
(b) Logical.
(c) Unwarranted.
(d) Good judgment.

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

3. What is a precondition for rational consideration?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Justification.
(c) Subjectivity.
(d) Falsification.

4. What does Popper consider to contribute to the cosmology of empirical science?
(a) Inductive frameworks.
(b) Linguistic puzzles.
(c) Questions of fact.
(d) Metaphysical and philosophical ideas.

5. What does Popper dismiss Weyl's use of mathematical simplicity?
(a) Weyl fails to include probability.
(b) Weyl fails to test it empirically.
(c) Weyl fails to define mathematical simplicity.
(d) Weyl fails to include concrete statements.

Short Answer Questions

1. When comparing empirical content, what two factors must the relationship points fall between?

2. What does Popper use to check his investigations?

3. What lies in the testability of simple systems?

4. Demarcation is based on what definition of Popper's?

5. The success of a theory is base on what comparison?

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