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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 are the statements "Fido is on the couch" and "Fido is not on the couch" examples of?

2. When did Kant publish "Prolegomena to any Future metaphysic which shall lay Claim to being a Science"?

3. When Kant attempted to use the unity of apperception to prove facts about the world, who admitted that these arguments were not generally philosophically sound?

4. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?

5. According to Scruton, Kant was the first philosopher since whom to place a significant emphasis on aesthetics?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Kant think about marriage?

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

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

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

6. What was the effect of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason"?

7. Describe Kant's view of religious arguments.

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

9. What are antinomies?

10. What are Kant's categories of thought?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How have Kant's philosophies influenced you? Do you agree with his theories? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a categorical imperative? How did Kant use these in his theories? Give three examples of each.

Essay Topic 3

What did Kant believe the root of morality was? Describe Kant's three formulations of moral categorical imperatives. Which is most effective, and why?

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