Basic Concepts and Kant

________ is the branch of philosophy that deals with the study of knowing and knowledge.

• ethics

• epistemology

• ontology

The belief that all knowledge is based on observable physical reality and sense impressions is called ___________

• rationalism

• empiricism

• dualism

_______ is the belief that knowledge is metaphysical and that it exists independent of physical reality.

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Vitalism

According to Plato, there is a realm where the absolute forms of all material things exist. These are eternal and unchanging. This belief is called ________.

• rationalism

• empiricism

• idealism

• logic

John Locke beleived that the mind was _________, a blank slate of wax on which sensations created impressions leading to logic.

• active

• passive

• tabula rasa

• untamed

According to Locke, the human mind was a ______ entity.

• active

• passive

According to Kant, the human mind is __________.

• active

• passive

When sensations hit the mind, the mind ________ them.

• orders

• ignores

• does nothing to

The mind uses certain ________, such as space, time, quantity, relation etc. in its sunconscious to order sensations.

• categories

• judegments

When the categories are applied to sensations, the conscious mind then uses _________ to form knowledge.

• more categories

• judgement