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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. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Disharmony.
(d) Happiness.

2. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?
(a) Relgion.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Pantheism.
(d) Monism.

3. What is the concept called where one believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Rationalist.
(c) Deductive.
(d) Dialectic.

4. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?
(a) Monist.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Empiricist.
(d) Rationalist.

5. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Homer.
(c) Henry James.
(d) William Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is James' conception of truth?

2. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which stance?

3. What term does James describe as being a mental mode of adaptation to reality?

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

5. What does James address in Chapter IV?

(see the answer key)

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