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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. Which type of argument about religion did Kant believe had little weight?
(a) Scientific arguments.
(b) Cosmological arguments.
(c) Arguments from design.
(d) Ontological arguments.

2. What type of truth is "a square has four sides"?
(a) Synthetic.
(b) Rational.
(c) Analytic.
(d) Irrational.

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

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

5. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?
(a) Synthetic.
(b) A priori.
(c) A posteriori.
(d) Analytic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?

3. What type of religious arguments was Kant most interested in?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

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

4. What distinctions did Kant set forth to classify truths?

5. Describe Kant's view of religious arguments.

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

7. According to Hume, what is needed to believe or understand something?

8. Describe the purpose of Kant's subjective argument.

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

10. What are Kant's categories of thought?

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