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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose theories greatly influenced Kant's metaphysical system?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Montesquieu.
(d) Descartes.

3. What did "Critique of Judgment" deal with?
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Logic.

4. Which of the following did Hume deny?
(a) The existence of the world.
(b) The existence of ethics.
(c) The existence of the self.
(d) The existence of logic.

5. According to Kant's reply to religious arguments, what is not a predicate?
(a) Existence.
(b) Self.
(c) God.
(d) Perfection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described by something whose existence is not dependent upon anything else?

2. Which of the following was Kant a determined opponent of?

3. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

4. What is described as something which exists dependently upon a substance?

5. What is the name of the university Kant attended?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's time in school.

2. Describe Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics.

3. Describe Kant's career as a professor.

4. How did Kant react to the arguments from Hume and Leibniz?

5. Describe "Critique of Practical Reason" and "Critique of Judgment".

6. Why did Kant believe the present was the most privileged time period?

7. What did Hume argue about reason?

8. What is the difference between a substance and a property? Give an example of each.

9. Why do you think Kant wanted to believe in the existence of the soul from a philosophical standpoint?

10. Describe phenomena and noumena.

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