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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Popper rejects perceptions because they tie into what type of principles?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Logical.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Deductive.

2. What ties down fundamental ideas?
(a) Conventions.
(b) Contradictions.
(c) Rules.
(d) Constructs.

3. What deductive tests determine if a theory is a scientific advance?
(a) Investigations.
(b) Internal consistency.
(c) Comparing theories.
(d) Empirical applications.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What allows for considerations of whether a theory is falsifiable?

3. What comprises empirical science?

4. What is important to Popper's argument for a logic of science?

5. What is the reason Popper rejects psychologism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is a naturalistic view constraining to scientific thought?

2. What are the two conditions that must be met for a statement to be falsifiable?

3. What is the falsification of a statement?

4. Why is the concept of numerical universality a problem for Popper?

5. Popper states that scientific statements cannot be conclusively disproved. If this is the case what can be determined with these statements?

6. What is the task of the logic of scientific discovery?

7. What does breaking the investigation of the chain of logical reasoning into steps allow Popper to do?

8. Why does Popper view positivism as narrow, limited, and misguided?

9. What argument does Popper present against conventionalists and positivists regarding the testing of a theory?

10. What must an experimenter do in order to test a theory?

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