Quiz: A Priori, Necessary, Analytic
This quiz is to test your knowledge of, and examine your intuitions about, three distinctions that are important to Kant's philosophy, and indeed to philosophy more widely (see Lecture 1). For each sentence, write T beside it if it is true, F if false. Then, for the true ones, circle one from each of the pairs beneath the sentence.
Susan Hockfield is the President of MIT
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
All Triangles have Three Sides
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
All Dolphins are Mammals
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
God is a Supremely Perfect Being
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
Water is H2O
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
5+7=12
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
Every effect has a cause
priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
I Exist
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
Every Event has a Cause
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic
The Angles of Every Triangle Add up to 180 Degrees
A priori/A posteriori
Necessary/contingent
Analytic/synthetic