Chapter 15 Quiz

The Pragmatists: Peirce and James
. Pragmatism is an American strain of __________ thought.

. Pragmatism was in part a reaction to__________.

. __________ is the view that our claims to knowledge may turn out to be false.

. According to Peirce, the meaning of a concept is equivalent to __________.

. According to Peirce, a true belief is one that __________.

. __________ is the view that we are justified in believing something only if it is supported by evidence.

. For Peirce, the __________ is the only satisfactory way to fix belief.

. According to James, a __________ option is an option that reflects alternatives that could possibly be actualized.

. James asserts that, absent evidence but confronted with a genuine option, we have the right to let our __________ nature decide.

. James repudiates __________.

. James says that a genuine option is __________.

. According to James, religion says essentially two things: __________ and __________.

. Fallibilism is a(n) __________ thesis.

. The __________ is a method of fixing belief whereby one is guided by one's own reason.

. The __________ is a method of fixing belief whereby one uses independent measures, fundamental hypotheses about the world and about the human condition.

. Pragmatism is the doctrine that the meaning of a belief is equivalent to the real-world effects of accepting it.

. James thinks that one's religious belief need not be supported by verifiable evidence.

. According to James, the method of science is the only acceptable way to fix a belief.

. Evidentialism is the view that we are justified in believing something only if it is practical to do so.

. Peirce's notion of truth involves reasonable consensus.

. James thinks our passional nature must decide "a genuine option that cannot by its nature be decided on intellectual grounds."

. For Peirce, the method of authority is the only satisfactory way to fix belief.

. A forced option is unavoidable.

. James says that a genuine option is live, forced, and momentous.

. According to James, it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

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