Immanuel Kant MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. In which country was Immanuel Kant born?

1. France
2. Germany
3. Austria
4. Switzerland

2. What does Kant's "Critique of Judgment" explore?

1. Politics
2. Aesthetics
3. Physics
4. Economics

3. What is one of Kant’s main contributions to epistemology?

1. Tabula rasa
2. Synthetic a priori judgments
3. Logical positivism
4. Pragmatism

4. Kant's ethical theory is often contrasted with which other moral philosophy?

1. Utilitarianism
2. Hedonism
3. Naturalism
4. Pragmatism

5. What does the Categorical Imperative demand?

1. Universalizability
2. Happiness
3. Social approval
4. Empirical evidence

6. Kant argued that moral actions must be based on what?

1. Intentions
2. Consequences
3. Emotions
4. Social norms

7. In which century did Kant live?

1. 16th century
2. 17th century
3. 18th century
4. 19th century

8. Which field did Kant revolutionize besides philosophy?

1. Mathematics
2. Physics
3. Chemistry
4. Biology

9. What is the name of Kant's ethical framework?

1. Deontology
2. Virtue ethics
3. Consequentialism
4. Relativism

10. What did Kant believe about free will?

1. It is an illusion
2. It is essential for morality
3. It is granted by nature
4. It is irrelevant

11. Kant's idea of the "Copernican Revolution" in philosophy means what?

1. Philosophy begins with doubt
2. Mind shapes experience
3. Truth is relative
4. Ethics are absolute

12. What is the name of Kant's most famous work?

1. Critique of Pure Reason
2. The Republic
3. Being and Time
4. The Social Contract

13. Which philosopher influenced Kant significantly?

1. Descartes
2. Leibniz
3. Hume
4. Rousseau

14. What is the term for Kant's belief in innate principles of understanding?

1. Empirical realism
2. Transcendental idealism
3. Phenomenalism
4. Skepticism

15. Kant's theory of knowledge distinguishes between which two realms?

1. Physical and metaphysical
2. Noumena and phenomena
3. Logic and emotion
4. Space and time