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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Natural Sciences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea of Locke's survived the Enlightenment into Romanticism?
(a) The idea mystical states.
(b) The idea of natural rights.
(c) The idea of transcendent experiences.
(d) The idea of inevitable progress.

2. What philosophical assumption underlay the notion that evolution followed simple laws?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Mysticism.
(c) Transcendentalism.
(d) Idealism.

3. Wilson says that biological classification is based on the "Origin of Species" and what?
(a) Dianetics.
(b) Systems theory.
(c) Military organization.
(d) Systematics.

4. What does Wilson use the discussion of the unity of species to prepare for?
(a) A discussion of the equality of genders.
(b) A discussion of the conscience and society.
(c) A discussion of the inevitability of progress.
(d) A discussion of the unity of sciences.

5. Where does Wilson propose to test the benefit of consilience?
(a) In the history of knowledge.
(b) In epistemology.
(c) In social sciences and humanities.
(d) In religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Wilson born into?

2. What is consilience?

3. Who proposed the idea of unity of species that follow a few simple laws?

4. What does Wilson mean by the Ionian Enchantment'?

5. What field does Wilson say philosophers and scientists should collaborate in?

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