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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first concept Fechner uses in his reasoning?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Logic.
(d) Instinct.

2. Lecture VIII relates pragmatism to which concept?
(a) Ability.
(b) Religion.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Experience.

3. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Empiricism.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Ascetism.

4. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which concept?
(a) Realism.
(b) Lack of action.
(c) Call to action.
(d) Ignorance.

5. For whom is truth an inert static relationship, according to James?
(a) Psychologists.
(b) Religious people.
(c) Intellectualists.
(d) Philosophers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believed that inclusive forms of consciousness are partly generated by less inclusive forms?

2. In Lecture III, James compares mysticism to ____________.

3. How does James describe noetic quality?

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

5. Fechner's faith saved him from which of the following, according to James?

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