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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. Who began the problem of objective knowledge?

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

3. What is described by something whose existence is not dependent upon anything else?

4. What did the "transcendental unity of apperception" begin?

5. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Kant's time in school.

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

4. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

5. What is apperception?

6. Describe Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics.

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

8. What was Leibniz's argument about reason?

9. Describe Kant's view of religious arguments.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What type of political structure did Kant trust most? Why didn't he like the other types of political structures? Consider monarchy, republicanism, and democracy.

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