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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. The example in the reading pertaining to perception is that one sees a person, not just their ____.

2. According to Kant, what does it mean to act in accordance with one's desires?

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

4. Which of the following describes why Kant saw beauty as objective?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is beauty objective?

2. What is the modern connection to Kant's work?

3. What is your personal observation of Kant's philosophy?

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

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

6. Describe Kant's first formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

7. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

8. Was Kant's "Critique of Judgment" a failure or success?

9. Describe the fundamental political right, according to Kant.

10. What is paradox freedom?

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 Schopenhauer? Why did Schopenhauer interpret Kant as an idealist?

Essay Topic 3

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

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