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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 described as being inaccessible to humanity?
(a) The animal kingdom.
(b) The world.
(c) Reason.
(d) Ethics.

2. Where was Immanuel Kant born?
(a) United States of America.
(b) England.
(c) Prussia.
(d) France.

3. What is described by something whose existence is not dependent upon anything else?
(a) World.
(b) Substance.
(c) Self.
(d) Properties.

4. What type of perception does 'apperception' refer to?
(a) Perception of a property.
(b) Perception of the self.
(c) Perception of a substance.
(d) Perception of a group of people.

5. According to Kant, why was he reserved?
(a) He worked too hard to have relationships.
(b) It was necessary for a philosophical lifestyle.
(c) It was necessary to avoid getting hurt.
(d) It was necessary to be intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?

2. What did "Critique of Practical Reason" deal with?

3. What did "Critique of Judgment" deal with?

4. Whose philosophies did Kant revive in the distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge?

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

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