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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pluralistic Universe Section I (Lectures I-IV).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Religion.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

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

4. What does James describe as the champion's abstraction?
(a) Spiritualism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Pantheism.

5. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?
(a) Rationalist.
(b) Empiricist.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Monist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?

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

4. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?

5. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?

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