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Knowing and the Known - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was the book Knowing and the Known published?
A) 1945
B) 1939
C) 1959
D) 1949
  • 2. Who are the authors of Knowing and the Known?
A) Arthur Bentley and Charles Peirce
B) John Dewey and Isaac Newton
C) John Dewey and Arthur Bentley
D) John Dewey and William James
  • 3. Which chapter was written by John Dewey alone?
A) Common Sense and Science
B) Logic in an Age of Science
C) A Confused Semiotic
D) Vagueness in Logic
  • 4. How many chapters or papers are contained in the book?
A) 14
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
  • 5. Which term describes concepts that regard humans and animals as possessing powers of their own to initiate action?
A) Self-Action
B) Super-Action
C) Transaction
D) Interaction
  • 6. Which historic level of organization is associated with Newton's third law of motion?
A) Transaction
B) Self-Action
C) Pro-Action
D) Interaction
  • 7. What is the third level of organization presented in the book?
A) Reaction
B) Self-Action
C) Transaction
D) Inter-action
  • 8. According to the authors, how should existing descriptions of events be accepted?
A) As final realities
B) As independent essences
C) As absolute truth
D) As tentative and preliminary
  • 9. Which of these does the book reject as a basic differentiation?
A) Organism vs. environment
B) Inquiry vs. result
C) Subject vs. object
D) Observation vs. report
  • 10. What does the authors' view on knowledge imply about all knowledge?
A) It is fixed and immutable
B) It is subject to further inquiry and revision
C) It is based on inner thoughts
D) It requires an ultimate knower
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