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1. In relation to William James, he examined & melded religion, pragmatism, psychology & more to answer ' ___________________________________________ ' 2. In relation to James on pragmatism, ______________________________________ is judged in the usefulness or actual consequence of a thing or action 3. In relation to James on pragmatic truth, people create truth & truth is so much the result of human activity that James' view has been called ___________________________________ 4. In relation to James on description, the simple logical inquiry which had been popular in phil for so long is, for James, ______________________________________ 5. In relation to James on mind, mentality, consciousness, for James, all nerve centers have one essential function, ______________________________________________ 6. In relation to James on mentality & thought, _________________________________________ exists wherever we find the choice of means for the attainment of future ends 7. In relation to James on animal consciousness, humans are also subject to the 'behaviorist' relationship to ____________________________________ , but we have the cognitive ability to foresee these negative & positive consequences w/o actually having to experience them 8. In relation to stream of consciousness, consciousness is like Hearclitus' ' ________________________________________ ,' i.e. it is constant flux 9. In relation to James & the consciousness of self, the spiritualists believe there is something in the stream that ______________________________________________ its flow 10. In relation to James on impulses, in James' time, psych theorists
posited an almost endless list of ________________________________
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Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long. Be sure & answer all parts of the question. 2. In relation to James on pragmatism, how does James define it?
Discuss. What does he have to say about perspective? consequences?
free will? beliefs? pragmatic truth? truth & real
life? truth's authority? transcendent truth? degrees
of truth? truth as a useful invention? the practicality of
truth? Finally, critiques James' view on pragmatism.
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