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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does James say that feelings are important?
(a) They are signs of consciousness.
(b) They are direct percepts of the world.
(c) They are responses to action.
(d) They are signs of intelligence.

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

3. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?
(a) Instinct.
(b) Denotation.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Pessimism.

4. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Infinitely many.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?

2. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.

3. What position does James say is the 'all-form'?

4. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?

5. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture VIII critique?

(see the answer key)

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