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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. How old was Kant when "Critique of Pure Reason" was published?

2. What is theology?

3. What was Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics?

4. What was described as the appearance of objects?

5. For Kant to have had any possibility of objective knowledge, what must have been true?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are antinomies?

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

5. What did Hume argue about reason?

6. What did Kant think about marriage?

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

8. Why did Kant believe the present was the most privileged time period?

9. Describe Kant's career as a professor.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was Kant considered to be so eccentric? What were his thoughts and reasons on the subject?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How can beauty be both subjective and objective, according to Kant?

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