Quiz about Immanuel Kant
Quiz about Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant Trivia Quiz


This is a challenging quiz on Kant's philosophy.

A multiple-choice quiz by gooty5446. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
gooty5446
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
3,085
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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1. In what year was Immanuel Kant born? Hint

1685
1756
1724
1804

2. Kant's three major critiques are titled 'Critique of ...': Hint

Pure Reason, Practical Reason, Judgment
Practical Reason, Judgment, Transcendent Metaphysics
Pure Reason, Morality, Practical Reason
Metaphysics, Pure Reason, Knowledge

3. Kant espouses a kind of idealism in his critical philosophy. What kind of idealism does he call it? Hint

transcendental
a priori
material
noumenal

4. Kant is famous for what distinction in analytic philosophy? Hint

necessary - contingent distinction
mind - body distinction
analytic - synthetic distinction
a priori - a posteriori distinction

5. In Kant's moral philosophy, what does he consider to be the only thing that is good without exception? Hint

a good will
reason
the human mind
God

6. Kant states in the "Critique of Pure Reason" that only three arguments for God's existence, though invalid, can be postulated. Which one below is NOT one he includes? Hint

Ontological
Hypothetical
Cosmological
Physico-Theological

7. What kind of 'revolution' does Kant think he is making in metaphysics? Hint

Scientific
Copernican
Kuhnian
Astronomical

8. For Kant, what kind of objects are unknowable? Hint

spatio-temporal objects
phenomenal objects
empirical objects
noumenal objects

9. Time and space are mental constructions for Kant?

True
False

10. Complete this famous excerpt from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason: 'Everything intuited in space and time, and therefore all objects of any experience possible to us, are nothing but _______.' Hint

appearances
objects as they are in themselves
ideas
absolute necessities


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what year was Immanuel Kant born?

Answer: 1724

His dates: 1724-1804
2. Kant's three major critiques are titled 'Critique of ...':

Answer: Pure Reason, Practical Reason, Judgment

Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 2nd edition 1787); Practical Reason (1788); Judgment (1790).
3. Kant espouses a kind of idealism in his critical philosophy. What kind of idealism does he call it?

Answer: transcendental

4. Kant is famous for what distinction in analytic philosophy?

Answer: analytic - synthetic distinction

5. In Kant's moral philosophy, what does he consider to be the only thing that is good without exception?

Answer: a good will

6. Kant states in the "Critique of Pure Reason" that only three arguments for God's existence, though invalid, can be postulated. Which one below is NOT one he includes?

Answer: Hypothetical

7. What kind of 'revolution' does Kant think he is making in metaphysics?

Answer: Copernican

8. For Kant, what kind of objects are unknowable?

Answer: noumenal objects

9. Time and space are mental constructions for Kant?

Answer: True

10. Complete this famous excerpt from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason: 'Everything intuited in space and time, and therefore all objects of any experience possible to us, are nothing but _______.'

Answer: appearances

Source: Author gooty5446

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