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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 did Kant's objective argument concern?

2. What did Kant say is a privileged place in perception?

3. What type of truth is "a square has four sides"?

4. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?

5. What philosophical school did Hume belong to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Hume argue about reason?

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

4. Describe the purpose of Kant's subjective argument.

5. What was Leibniz's argument about reason?

6. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

7. Describe Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics.

8. Why did the second version of "Critique of Pure Reason" fail?

9. Describe Kant's view of religious arguments.

10. Describe Kant's time in school.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are aesthetics? Why are aesthetics important to philosophy? How do people perceive beauty, 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

Why did Kant's political beliefs border on classical liberalism? How does this compare to other political theories?

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