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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. Where was Immanuel Kant born?
(a) United States of America.
(b) England.
(c) Prussia.
(d) France.

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

3. Which of the following statements about predicates is not true?
(a) The ontological argument fails.
(b) Existence does not imply a predicate.
(c) Existence is a perfection.
(d) Redness is a predicate of an apple.

4. How old was Kant when "Critique of Pure Reason" was published?
(a) 45.
(b) 26.
(c) 57.
(d) 32.

5. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1800.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?

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

3. According to Scruton, Kant was the first philosopher since whom to place a significant emphasis on aesthetics?

4. What did Kant have published before 1781?

5. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe mistakes as they are described in the reading.

4. Why aren't Kant's arguments about the unity of apperception sound?

5. Why was Kant considered to be eccentric?

6. What are Kant's categories of thought?

7. Describe Kant's career as a professor.

8. Describe phenomena and noumena.

9. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

10. Why is Descartes' "certain knowledge" a problem?

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