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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. What did Kant say is a privileged place in perception?

2. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

3. Who did Kant borrow the term 'apperception' from?

4. What type of truth is "a square has four sides"?

5. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe phenomena and noumena.

3. What is objective knowledge?

4. Describe Kant's career as a professor.

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

6. How did Kant and Descartes compare and contrast on theories relating to substance and property?

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

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

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

10. What are Kant's categories of thought?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Kant's early life. Why was it rare for him to attend school? Describe the quality of his education.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What arguments does Kant's "Critique of Judgment" make? Why are his arguments disorganized and weak?

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