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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Logic of Illusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophical school did Hume belong to?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Irrationalism.
(c) Extremism.
(d) Empiricism.

2. What are antinomies the logical fallacies of?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Theology.
(d) Cosmology.

3. Which of the following best describes Kant's categories of thought?
(a) Categories of self-consciousness.
(b) Perceptions of existence.
(c) Qualities of perception.
(d) Modes of understanding.

4. What did Kant's subjective argument concern?
(a) Proving that the self is a property.
(b) Explaining the proof that the self exists.
(c) Explaining the faculties of understanding the self.
(d) Proving that the self is a substance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leibniz argue could allow us to know almost everything about the world?

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

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

4. Which philosopher did Kant begin his arguments similar to?

5. How many times did Kant come close to marriage?

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