Final Exam Study Guide

I. Identify the following (as used by Kant) in a short paragraph.
 
analytic synthetic  a priori
a posteriori intuition concepts
dogmatic philosophy mathematical judgments problem of pure reason
critical philosophy transcendental philosophy objects in themselves
sensation empirical appearance
pure intuition space time
synthesis imagination
table of concepts transcendental knowledge table of categories
principle of the analogies 
of experience
synthetic unity of 
experience
three modes of time
principle of permanence of
substance
principle of succession
in time
principle of coexistence
judgement determinant judgement refective judgement
 principle of reflective judgement  finality of nature  aesthetic quality
 the beautiful feeling of pleasure or displeasure judgement of taste
 the sublime
 

II. I will select two of the following for the final exam. You will be asked to write a 400-600 word essay on one.
 

1. How does Kant reply to Hume's analysis of causality? Is the reply successful?

2. What role does Kant attribute to beauty in the work of science? Do you agree with his analysis? Why or why not?

3. Discuss Kant's analysis of reflective judgement as an alternative to both the Cartesian quest for certainty and Humean scepticism.

4. How does Kant's critical philosophy take us beyond the idealisms of Leibniz and Berkeley?

5. Compare Descartes' and Kant's philosophies as constructions of reality. How, if at all, does Kant go beyond Descartes?