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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story PhD Octopus, students do not deal with _________________.

2. Whom does James respond to in "Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic"?

3. Whom does James respond to in "Humanism and Truth Once More"?

4. What term does James attribute to the love of wisdom?

5. What term is defined as the function of consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lecture I about?

2. What does James discuss in Chapter I about the importance of philosophy?

3. What is Lecture X about?

4. What is James' principle of causality?

5. What are the virtues of pluralism that James discusses?

6. What does James say about Blood?

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

8. What is Lecture IV about?

9. What does James believe a good education is?

10. What is PhD Octopus about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What political opinions does James assert? Is it effective for James to make these assertions known to the reader? What effect does this have on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Why does James describe two different ways of examining "To You" by Walt Whitman? Describe each of these methods.

Essay Topic 3

Describe James' personal philosophy. How do his personal philosophies compare to your own? How does this affect the way you relate to James' lectures and essays?

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