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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does James say about motion, change, and activity?
2. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?
3. According to James, what is the nature of Dewey's school?
4. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?
5. Where did James experience an earthquake?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does James say about Blood?
2. What is the purpose of the appendix?
3. What are the types of causes that James focuses on?
4. What is PhD Octopus about?
5. What is Lecture IX about?
6. What does James discuss in Chapter IV about direct experience?
7. What does James discuss in Chapter I about the importance of philosophy?
8. What is Lecture I about?
9. What does James say about war? Do you agree?
10. What is Lecture VIII about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What political opinions does James assert? Is it effective for James to make these assertions known to the reader? What effect does this have on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
What significance does James place on philosophy? What is philosophy to James? How does James' version of philosophy differ from yours?
Essay Topic 3
Describe James' concept of human nature. How do humans act, according to James? How do they perceive new information? What do they want to believe?
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