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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section I (Lectures I-VII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?
(a) Cognition.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Intelligence.

2. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?
(a) Monist.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Rationalist.
(d) Empiricist.

3. Which statement is true about James' thoughts on experiences?
(a) They are all related to empiricism.
(b) They are all related to each other.
(c) They are all related to determinism.
(d) They all revolve around theism.

4. According to James, what is within the realm of sensory experience prior to cognition?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Determinism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Empiricism.

5. According to James, there are two ways of looking at the whole of the universe. What are these ways?
(a) Unity and disunity.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Happiness and unhappiness.
(d) Faithfulness and unfaithfulness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?

3. James holds that in which stance does the mind makes connections between ideas that are just as valid as other truths?

4. What role does James attribute to being the point of beginning for the meaning of truth?

5. James identifies a substance through which of the following?

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