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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Beauty and Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an aesthetic situation that is not ideal, how does one judge?
(a) Immediately.
(b) Through a process of thought.
(c) Logically.
(d) Deliberately.

2. Which argument did Kant refuse to take as solid philosophical demonstration?
(a) Aristotle's ethical philosophies.
(b) Hypothetical imperatives.
(c) The argument for design.
(d) Descartes' argument that God exists.

3. What are the statements "Fido is on the couch" and "Fido is not on the couch" examples of?
(a) Property.
(b) Substance.
(c) Antinomy.
(d) Cosmology.

4. According to Kant, how many people perceive the same aesthetic object the same way?
(a) One pair.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) One person and God.

5. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?
(a) Analytic.
(b) A priori.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) A posteriori.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can one assume if they consider the universe in its totality?

2. Which type of argument about religion did Kant believe had little weight?

3. What philosophical school did Hume belong to?

4. What is rational psychology?

5. For Kant to have had any possibility of objective knowledge, what must have been true?

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