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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. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?
(a) Rational.
(b) Individual.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Prayer.

2. What is addressed in Chapter III?
(a) Challenges of continuous percepts.
(b) Challenges of addressing being.
(c) Challenges of metaphysical beings.
(d) Challenges of meaning.

3. James identifies a substance through which of the following?
(a) Intellectual reasoning.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Senses.
(d) Attributes.

4. Fechner is the founder of ______________.
(a) Modern philosophy.
(b) Scientific psychology.
(c) Research psychology.
(d) Biology.

5. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?
(a) A god could never have existed.
(b) A god might have once existed.
(c) A god might not exist.
(d) A god might not be all-knowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James describe as the third virtue of pluralism?

2. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?

3. 'Each-form,' according to James, allows for intimacy with which of the following?

4. What does Chapter VIII emphasize?

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

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