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