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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James says that the field of consciousness is a center fringed by which of the following?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Attention.

2. James says that the first way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Rationalist.
(b) Monist.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Empiricist.

3. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Morality.
(c) Depression.
(d) Authority.

4. The second lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Lies.
(d) Optimism.

5. The lecture about Royce adds to lectures on which topic?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Theism.
(c) Bergson.
(d) Pluralism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lecture VII relates which of the following to pragmatism?

2. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?

3. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?

4. For whom is truth an inert static relationship, according to James?

5. What position does James state lacks intimacy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does James define the results of excess?

2. Why does James claim that theism is unsatisfactory?

3. Describe Fechner's approach to philosophy.

4. How does James describe reasoning as a part of empiricism?

5. What is common sense as James sees it? Do you agree?

6. What does James say about other theorists and their experiences?

7. What are James' essential elements to religion?

8. What is the monist position?

9. According to James, what is inquiry designed for?

10. How is James' concept of philosophy different from your own?

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