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Analytic judgements

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analytic judgements are those in which the predicate is contained within the subject, and the truth can be derived by analyzing the meaning of the terms

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Synthetic judgements

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those in which the predicate adds something to the subject and cannot be derived merely by analyzing the meaning of the terms

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Appearance

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According to Kant, appearances are the way in which objects are given to us through our senses, appearances are not the same as things in themselves

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Apperception

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Apperception is the process of becoming self-aware, it is the ability to reflect on one’s own thoughts and experiences

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A priori knowledge

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A priori knowledge is knowledge that is independent of experience

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A posteriori knowledge

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A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is dependent on experience

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Categories

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Categories are the fundamental concepts or concepts of the understanding that are necessary for the organization and interpretation of sensory information

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Categorical imperative

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The categorical imperative is the principle that one should always act in such a way that the maxim of one’s action could become an universal law

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Character

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character refers to the stable and enduring aspects of a person’s personality

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Cognition

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Cognition refers to the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge, including perception, reasoning and judgement

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Concept

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A concept is a mental representation of a category or idea

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Critical philosophy

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Critical philosophy is the approach to philosophy that seeks to understand the limits of human knowledge and the conditions under which knowledge is possible

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Duty

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Duty refers to the moral obligation to act in a certain way

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Empirical knowledge

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Empirical knowledge is knowledge that is derived from sensory experience.

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Pure knowledge

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Pure knowledge is knowledge that is independent of experience.

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Freedom

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Freedom is the ability to act according to one’s own will

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Idealism

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idealism is the philosophical view that reality is fundamentally mental or spiritual in nature, transcendental idealism is the view that the mind actively constructs reality through the use of categories

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Ideas of understanding

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Ideas of understanding are concepts that are necessary for organizing sensory information.

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Ideas of reason

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Ideas of reason are concepts that are necessary for understanding the nature of reality.

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Imagination

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Imagination is the mental faculty that allows us to form mental images and concepts

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Intuition

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Intuition is the mental process of immediately grasping something without the need for conscious reasoning

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Judgements of experience

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Judgements of experience are judgements that are based on sensory experience

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Judgements of perception

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Judgements of perception are judgements that are based on the immediate experience of a sensation

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Laws of nature

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Laws of nature are the regularities or patterns that govern the behaviour of natural phenomena

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Manifold of representation

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The manifold of representation is the collection of all sensory information that we receive from the external world

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maxim

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A maxim is a principle or rule of conduct that a person follows

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Metaphysics

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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that investigates the fundamental nature of reality

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Objectivity

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Objectivity refers to the quality of being free from bias or personal experience

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Reason

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Reason is the mental faculty that allows us to make judgements and draw conclusions based on logic

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self-conciousness

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Self-conciousness is the awareness of one’s own existence and the ability to reflect on one’s own thoughts and experiences

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Sense (inner & outer)

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Kant distinguished between the inner sense (sense of one’s own mental states) and the outer sense (sense of the external world)

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Sensibility

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Sensibility refers to the capacity to receive sensory information through the senses

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Space

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Space is the subjective framework within which we perceive the external world

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Subject (self, the I)

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The subject is the conscious agent that experiences and interacts with the world

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Syllogism

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Syllogism is a deductive argument that consists of two premises and a conclusion

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Categorical syllogism

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One in which the conclusion follows necessarily from the premises

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Hypothetical syllogism

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one in which the conclusion follows conditionally from the premises

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Disjunctive syllogism

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one in which the conclusion follows from a set of alternatives

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Synthesis

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Synthesis is the process by which sensory information is combined and organized into coherent perceptions

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Temperament

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Temperament refers to a person’s characteristic emotional and behavioral tendencies

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Time

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Time is the subjective framework within which we experience events and perceive changes

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Things in themselves

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Things in themselves are the objects of the external world that exists independently of our perception and understanding of them

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Understanding

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Understanding is the mental faculty that allows us to form concepts and make judgements about the external world

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Unity of consciousness, objective

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Unity of consciousness refers to the fact that our experience of the world is unified and coherent, despite being composed of a manifold of sensory information

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Unity of consciousness, subjective

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Unity is subjective in the sense that it its a product of our own mental processes, but it is also objective in the sense that it reflects the underlying structure of the external world

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Will (good)

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The good will is the will that acts in accordance with the moral law and the categorical imperative, regardless of personal desires or interests

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