Emanuel Kant Flashcards
why did emanuel kant become philsopher
reaction to Hume
what are the 2 distinctions emanuel kant makes
1) kinds of knowledge
2) kinds of statements
what types of kinds of knowledge is there
a) a. priori
b) a posteriori
what is a. priori kind of knowledge and example
true by definition; doesn’t depend on experience; known beforehand
eg. “a bachelor is an unmarried man”
what is a. posteriori kind of knowledge and example
not universal, comes from particulars and is knowledge that comes from experience
eg. “my brother is a bachelor”
what are the types of kinds of statements
a) analytical
b) synthetic
what is an analytic kind of statement
relation of ideas
eg.”bachelor is unmarried man”
what is a synthetic kind of statment
synthesizing two types of knowledge, expanding, matters of fact
eg. “my brother is a bachelor”
what question did Kant have
can we have synthetic knowledge that is a. priori
what example does kant use to connect synthetic and a. priori
5 + 7 = 12
exp. 5, 7, and 12 are #’s that by themself, doesn’t always equal what’s on opposite sides of the =
THEREFORE, can arrange each number in new was to give new information
what did copernican revolution do
change the way philsophy was looked at
what was the assumption philsophers had before kant
the world/reality shapes the mind
what did kant believe about human nature
the mind shapes the world/reality
how did kant believe the mind shaped the world
the mind = constructed in certain say that it imposes idea onto an object
what does kant use to support that the mind shapes the world/reality
categories and experience