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

2. What did "Critique of Practical Reason" deal with?
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Logic.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Religion.

3. Which of the following is true about Kant's time in school?
(a) He enjoyed spending time with his peers.
(b) He enjoyed talking to the teachers.
(c) He hated learning, but his teachers encouraged him.
(d) He hated his time in school.

4. Why does noumena serve a negative role in Kant's philosophy?
(a) It is logically impossible to know what a thing is in itself.
(b) Kant's system does not acknowledge the existence of noumena.
(c) It is logically impossible to know what role noumena play in phenomena.
(d) Noumena are generally negative objects.

5. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?
(a) European philosophical circles.
(b) American philosophical circles.
(c) African philosophical circles.
(d) Asian philosophical circles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a result of "Critique of Reason" being difficult to read?

2. According to Kant, what does identity imply?

3. What is cosmology?

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

5. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?

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