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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Transcendental Deduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about the statement of "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) Fido is a property.
(b) Brown is a property.
(c) The sentence does not include a property.
(d) The act of having is a property.

2. Who did Kant believe was right about objective knowledge?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Hume.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Both Leibniz and Hume were half right.

3. Which of the following made it a rare occurrence for Kant to attend school?
(a) His maturity.
(b) His economic class.
(c) His age.
(d) His faith.

4. What type of truth is "a square has four sides"?
(a) Rational.
(b) Analytic.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) Irrational.

5. What did Kant have published before 1781?
(a) "Critique of Pure Reason".
(b) Nothing.
(c) "Critique of Judgment".
(d) A few unremarkable, short books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with Descartes' certain knowledge?

2. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

3. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?

4. When Kant attempted to use the unity of apperception to prove facts about the world, who admitted that these arguments were not generally philosophically sound?

5. Unlike Descartes, what was Kant unwilling to draw the conclusion that he was?

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