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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section I (Chapters I-VII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?
(a) Aesthetic.
(b) Plural.
(c) Generic.
(d) Casual.

2. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?
(a) Pluralist.
(b) Rationalist.
(c) Empiricist.
(d) Monist.

3. What adjective does James use to address precepts?
(a) Plural.
(b) Discrete.
(c) Continuous.
(d) Fulfilling.

4. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?
(a) Unintelligence.
(b) Finite.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Intelligent.

5. What stance does James attribute to being the way out of monism?
(a) Witness stance.
(b) Pragmatist stance.
(c) Determinist stance.
(d) Intelligence stance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?

2. What topic, in addition to monism, does James discuss in Chapter VII?

3. What adjective does James use to describe concepts?

4. How does James describe Josiah Royce's approach?

5. Royce says that ignorance is which of the following?

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