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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe the relationship between Descartes' theories and modern science of the brain?
(a) Descartes sense of consciousness' abstraction has been embraced by scientists who practice consilience.
(b) The molecular work on the brain has completely surpassed anything Descartes theorized.
(c) Descartes' dualism has been rejected.
(d) Modern science has centered on the role of doubt in awareness.

2. When was complexity theory formed?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1890s.

3. What does Wilson say evidence from the natural sciences says about Enlightenment thinkers?
(a) They made correct assumptions about the presence of dinosaurs.
(b) They made correct assumptions about the material world.
(c) They made correct assumptions about the nature of divinity.
(d) They made correct assumptions about the evolution of species.

4. What does Wilson say that humans are incapable of seeing?
(a) The world in its true state.
(b) The state of grace.
(c) The history of things.
(d) Change over time.

5. What does temporal-lobe epilepsy cause?
(a) Tourette's syndrome.
(b) Narcolepsy.
(c) Hyper-religiosity.
(d) Catatonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson say the standards that measure scientific knowledge should be based on?

2. Where did Wilson develop the idea of unified learning?

3. What did Descartes argue for, in Wilson's account?

4. How does consilience work?

5. Where does Wilson propose to test the benefit of consilience?

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