Final Examination

Philosophy 175

Spring, 2007

Please answer all questions.

1. According to Kant, what kinds of knowledge a priori are human beings capable of having, and what kinds are they not capable of having?

2. What is an appearance for Kant, and with what does he contrast appearances?

3. How are the categories of understanding related to synthesis of a manifold?

4. What is the nature of causality according to Kant?

5. What is the difference between logical possibility and the category of possibility for Kant?

6. Describe the two varieties of idealism with which Kant contrasts transcendental idealism.

7. What does Kant mean when he says that pure reason is concerned with the unconditioned?

8. What are the characteristics that rational psychology attributes to the soul?

9. What is the general orientation of the side of the antithesis in the Antinomies?

10. Describe the idea that Kant says rational theology has of God.

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