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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. Whom does James respond to in "Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic"?
(a) Brookes.
(b) Borden.
(c) Brandon.
(d) Bode.

2. What concept does the story about the Philippine address discuss?
(a) French Imperialism.
(b) English Philosophy.
(c) German Expressionism.
(d) American Expansionism.

3. Who stated that infinity defies enumeration?
(a) Kant.
(b) Plato.
(c) Descartes.
(d) James.

4. What term is defined as the function of consciousness?
(a) Perception.
(b) Concept.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Response action.

5. What does James believe people tend to do with the truth?
(a) Conserve it.
(b) Spend it.
(c) Optimize it.
(d) Neglect it.

Short Answer Questions

1. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?

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

3. What does James attribute to determining response actions?

4. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which concept?

5. Chapter X describes the relationship between novelty and _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lecture III about?

2. What does James discuss in Chapter V?

3. What does James discuss in Chapter IV about direct experience?

4. What does James discuss in Chapter II about metaphysics?

5. What is Lecture VIII about?

6. What is PhD Octopus about?

7. What does James say about the Chicago School?

8. What is Lecture X about?

9. What does James say about Emerson?

10. What does James say about Blood?

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