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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. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

2. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?

3. Whose philosophies did Kant revive in the distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge?

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

5. Which of the following statements about predicates is not true?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ontological religious argument.

2. What is objective knowledge?

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

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

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

6. Describe phenomena and noumena.

7. Why was Kant considered to be eccentric?

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

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

10. What does the following statement mean? Existence is not a predicate of perfection.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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