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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?

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

3. Which type of argument about religion did Kant believe had little weight?

4. What do all religious arguments collapse into, according to Kant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe phenomena and noumena.

4. Describe Kant's published life.

5. Describe the ontological religious argument.

6. What did Hume argue about reason?

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

8. Why was Kant considered to be eccentric?

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

10. Describe Kant's view of religious arguments.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Kant's opinions about religion. Which theory did he find most attractive, and why? Why did Kant want to prove that the soul existed? How did he show flaws in religious arguments?

Essay Topic 2

What are phenomena and noumena? What is the difference between the two concepts? How are they related?

Essay Topic 3

How did Descartes and the problem of objective knowledge influence Kant?

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