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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section II (Lectures VIII -XV).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?
(a) Logic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Religion.
(d) Reason.

2. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Individual simplicity.
(c) Moral simplicity.
(d) Instinct.

3. According to James, 'each' and 'whole' are levels of what?
(a) Witness.
(b) Attention.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Intelligence.

4. What is the concept called where one believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Dialectic.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Rationalist.
(d) Deductive.

5. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.
(a) Frugally.
(b) Simply.
(c) Positively.
(d) Negatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say allows Fechner to posit Earth systems based on human systems?

2. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?

3. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?

4. James says that other theorists originate from what type of experience?

5. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?

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