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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. Which of the following is true about Kant's time in school?

2. According to Kant, why was he reserved?

3. In what year was Kant born?

4. Who did Kant believe was right about objective knowledge?

5. How many times did Kant come close to marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's career as a professor.

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

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

4. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

5. What is objective knowledge?

6. What are antinomies?

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

8. What did Hume argue about reason?

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

10. What type of questions did Kant believe that "Critique of Pure Reason" answered?

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

Why did Kant's political beliefs border on classical liberalism? How does this compare to other political theories?

Essay Topic 3

What type of influence did Kant have on Hegel? Why is his interpretation the most extravagant of those presented?

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