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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 was the reason Kant's "Critique of Judgment" did not fail?

2. Which philosophers, besides Kant, studied aesthetics?

3. What describes the third formulation of Kant's categorical imperative?

4. What did Kant believe must be true for an action to be good?

5. What are imperative statements?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's third formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

2. Describe the term 'aesthetics'.

3. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

4. According to Kant, how is beauty judged?

5. Describe the quality of the arguments in Kant's "Critique of Judgment."

6. Describe Kant's categorical imperative.

7. Describe Schopenhauer's interpretation of Kant's philosophies.

8. What is the relationship that Kant assigned between politics and transcendental philosophy?

9. How do perceptions occur in an ideal aesthetic case?

10. Describe Kant's second formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics. What was Kant's subjective argument? What was his objective argument?

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

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

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