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

2. What was the occupation of Kant's father?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Harness maker.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Writer.

3. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?
(a) "I see, therefore I am."
(b) "I exist, therefore I am."
(c) "I live, therefore I am."
(d) "I think, therefore I am."

4. What are the first types of truths, according to Kant?
(a) Real and unreal.
(b) Rational and irrational.
(c) Analytic and synthetic.
(d) False and accurate.

5. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?
(a) It asserted the existence of analytic a priori truths.
(b) It asserted the existence of synthetic a priori truths.
(c) It asserted the existence of analytic a posteriori truths.
(d) It asserted the existence of synthetic a posteriori truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about the statement of "Fido has brown spots"?

2. What did Kant have published before 1781?

3. What type of perception does 'apperception' refer to?

4. What is the name of the philosopher who wrote Meditations?

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

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