Pragmatism

According to pragmatists like C.S.

Peirce, William James and John

Dewey, truth is

(A) ever-changing; it is relative to a

time and place and purpose.

(B) fixed and is relative to a time

and place and purpose.

(C) ever-changing but is not

relative to a time and place and

purpose.

(D) sometimes changing and

sometimes fixed.

The view Truth of Cognition exists in

its utilitarian value, is supported by

(A) Emotive theory

(B) Coherence theory

(C) Pragmatic theory

(D) Semantic theory

Pragmatism is a reaction against

(A) Absolute-Idealism and Anti-

Intellectualism

(B) Absolute-Idealism and

Intellectualism

(C) Idealism and Anti-

Intellectualism
(D) All of these

According to pragmatic theory of

Truth

(A) Truth is a system of beliefs and

it must not disagree with real.

(B) Truth must be a copy of Reality

and it must not disagree with

Reality.

(C) Truth must not disagree with

reality and it must have

workability.

(D) An idea is true if it works and

if it is a copy of reality.

Consider the following statements with regard to John Dewey and mark the correct code :

(a) Dewey criticised Cartesian notion of self.

(b) Dewey argued that self is a product of social practices.

(c) Deweys work pragmatism is the foundation for pragmatist philosophy.

Codes :

(A) Only (a) is true.

(B) Only (b) is true.

(C) (a), (b) and (c) are true.

(D) Only (a) and (b) are true.

Read carefully following statements and mark the correct option in the context of

pragmatism.

Statements :
The meaning of Meaning is the clarity of apprehension.

Meaning emerges out of experimental phenomenon.

Mind is an ontological entity.

(iv) Knowledge is an activity.

Three is false.

The view that Beliefs are the most natural and most metaphysical of all things; knowledge is the

practical outgrowth of beliefs and beliefs modify and shape reality is held by which one of the

following philosophers ?

John Dewey (2) Kant (3) Descartes (4) Aristotle

Match List - I with List - II and choose the correct code given below in the light of Peirces

classification of Semiotics done in his book Foundations of the theory of signs :

List - I List - II

(a) Syntactics (i) Describes the relation between signs and their interpreters

(b) Semantics (ii) Describes the relations of signs one to another

(c) Pragmatics (iii) Describes the manner in which they designate

Codes :

(H) (b) (C)

. (ii) (iii) (i)

Consider the following statements with reference to pragmatism of C.S. Peirce, and mark

the correct code.

(i) Pragmatism is not a method of reflection.

(ii) Pragmatism is a method of reflection having for its purpose to render ideas clear.

(iii) It is merely a technique for ascertaining the meaning of conceptions.

I is false.
The pragmatic test of meaning as a method of settling metaphysical disputes that

otherwise might be interminable is proposed by which one of the following

philosophers ?

(1) C.S. Pierce

(2) William James

3 Irving Lewis???

Belief, according to John Dewey, is :

(1) most natural and most metaphysical of all things.

(2) most non-natural and most empirical of all things.

(3) most artificial and most metaphysical of all things.

(4) most creative and most essential of all things.

pragmatism of William James and

mark the correct code :

Assertion (A) : The test of truth is its practical consequences.

Reason (R) : The possession of truth is an end in itself.

A is true R is false