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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. Unlike Descartes, what was Kant unwilling to draw the conclusion that he was?
(a) A property.
(b) A substance.
(c) A self.
(d) A philosopher.

2. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?
(a) One is a human being.
(b) One is a thinking self.
(c) One is an intelligent self.
(d) One has an identity.

3. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?
(a) One's experience.
(b) One's faith.
(c) One's intelligence.
(d) One's fears.

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

5. What type of truth is something that is known only as the result of some experience?
(a) A posteriori.
(b) Analytic.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) A priori.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Kant's subjective argument begin with?

2. What was the occupation of Kant's father?

3. 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?

4. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?

5. Which of the following would have best described Kant?

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