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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Contemporary American Philosophers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of God and heaven, what does Spencer define as life?
(a) confusion and evolution
(b) regulation and manumission
(c) desperation and satisfaction
(d) equilibration and dissolution

2. Who wrote The Principles of Psychology?
(a) James Joyce
(b) Henry James
(c) Harry James
(d) William James

3. What does Spencer affirm that needs centralization, government power, apathy and individual subordination?
(a) legalism
(b) democracy
(c) regulation
(d) socialism

4. What are the only three things worthwhile in Plato's ethical solution?
(a) beauty, athleticism, education
(b) travel, study, rhetoric
(c) justice, truth, beauty
(d) philosophy, music, poetry

5. What does Bacon call for elimination in his philosophy?
(a) a private banking system
(b) the model of the philosopher king
(c) public education
(d) several errors he calls idols

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Spencer's considering philosophy a generalization of all science?

2. What does Bergson see as active forces in evolution?

3. What are the second and third volumes of Spencer's work in 1872?

4. What are the two contrary valuations of human behavior, according to Nietzsche?

5. What comprises Plato's writing style?

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