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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 does James believe to be the prevalence of one set of ideas?
(a) Experience.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Convention.
(d) Action.

2. According to James, 'each' and 'whole' are levels of what?
(a) Attention.
(b) Witness.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Intelligence.

3. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Pantheism.
(d) Monism.

4. James holds that in which stance does the mind makes connections between ideas that are just as valid as other truths?
(a) Conservative rationalism.
(b) Radical empiricism.
(c) Radical rationalism.
(d) Conservative empiricism.

5. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?
(a) Pantheism.
(b) Monism.
(c) Relgion.
(d) Pragmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?

2. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?

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

4. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?

5. According to James, what is within the realm of sensory experience prior to cognition?

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