| An American Original/Charles Sanders Peirce | ||
| #1 | The word 'pragmatism' comes from a Greek root meaning | act or consequences |
| #2 | According to Pierce, if a word cannot be tied to any observable practical result then it is:s | meaningless, of no use, etc |
| #3 | Pierce said that all thinking and meaning depend on | usefulness, the situation, or how it is being used |
| #4 | Pierce argued that the only difference between the meaning of words are | How they test out in experience |
| #5 | William James added ________________ to Pierces pragmatic theory | A moral dimension |
| Pragmatism I | ||
| #1 | How many temperamental types did William James classify people into | Two |
| #2 | What are 'True' ideas according to William James | Those that we can validate and verify or prove out through experience |
| #3 | To live at 'home' in the universe, William James believed on must: | believe or follow what suits them |
| #4 | James sometimes referred to the practical payoff of claims as their _______________________ | Cash VAlue |
| #5 | Name the temperamental types that James classified people into | Tender-Minded and Tough Minded |
| Pragmatism II | ||
| #1 | What temperamental type would a rationalist fall into according to james? | Tough Minded |
| #2 | What temperamental type would a skeptic fall into according to James? | Tender Minded |
| #3 | According to james what does reason serve | It serves the Will |
| #4 | According to James ____________ happens to an idea | Truth |
| #5 | According to James we accept ideas as true only after | we test them against our past experiences |
| Pragmatism III | ||
| #1 | Pragmatic Truth is _______ Truth | Human |
| #2 | ___________ is the belief that everything that happens must happen exactly the way it does | Determinism |
| #3 | William James thought that determinism is incompatible with our spiritual sense of ___________________ | Freedom |
| #4 | To William James the belief in ______________ best serves our need for 'moral rationality' | Free Will |
| #5 | William James argued that the feeling of __________ supports belief in free will | the feeling of regret |
| Pragmatic Religion/Truth Is Always Personal | ||
| #1 | James moted that in all cultures people turn to a god (or gods) who do what? | Get things done, provides results |
| #2 | James used the term '________' to refer to people who see all things as good | healthy-minded |
| #3 | James used the term '______' to refer to people who see life as essentially evil | morbid-minded |
| #4 | According to James the essence of good is to_____________ | satisfy demand |
| #5 | A ________ is a belief that affects belief in such a way that it causes itself to come true | Self-fulfilling prophecy |
| Final Question | |
| Explain what James meant when he claimed that a religious orientation is more effective than a nonreligious one. | James believed a religious orientation is more effective than a non-religious one because it encompasses more. Profound religious (rebirth) experience makes it possible to be morally decent and happy. |