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WorksheetsImmanuel Kant
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Immanuel Kant's approach to philosophy was transcendental idealism. Idealism means that which is constructed or formed in the mind. Transcendental thinking best relates to which phrase below?
immaterial
out of this world
beyond human understanding
superhuman
all of these answers
Kant believed there were two worlds; our bodies and this other world.
internal
external
beastly
evil
unfair
According to Kant, in order for something to exist it must be:
determinable in height
determinable in pounds
determinable in time
determinable in stature
determinable in beauty
Kant argues that time is only ever experienced by us indirectly (166). His reason for stating this is:
we can only experience time in our dreams
we can only experience time through things in the world that do not move or change
we can only experience time through numbers on a clock face
we can only experience time through things in the world that move or change, like a clock or our age
Why the word "now" impossible to use when trying to directly describe one's current consciousness, that is, what one is thinking about at this exact moment? (166)
our minds do not exist
our minds are not attached to our body
our thoughts are always changing from one moment to the next
our thoughts stay the same every single second and never change
none of the above
If you are an empiricist you are someone who believes knowledge comes to us through:
only textbooks
only our consciousness
only our minds
our experiences of the world
Kant termed the phrased a "thing-in-itself" to refer to what?
something considered interior to our minds
something considered exterior to our minds
something considered inside of our minds
something considered outside of ourselves
a dream within a dream
According to Kant, space and time cannot be learned about through experience because...
they are not related to each other
they are intuitions of the mind
they are important
they are material objects
There are two worlds: the world of experience sensed by our bodies (physically) AND the world "as it is in itself" which best translates to...
our minds and our environment know and understand each other
our environment is in sync with our our thoughts, feelings and senses
we have our own thoughts, our own feelings and senses that no one or nothing external to our physical self is directly attached/connected to
none of the above
Sensibility and understanding are one and the same.
TRUE
FALSE
Sensibility is the ability to sense things in the world and our understanding is the ability to think about things.
TRUE
FALSE
Kant split knowledge in two: intuitions and concepts. He described these as...
that which is gained from direct sensibility of the world and that which come indirectly from our understanding
that which we taste and that which we see
that which we know and that which we do not know
that which is heard and that which is taught
Sensibility according to Kant is our ability to be directly acquainted or to come directly in contact with particular things in space and time.
TRUE
FALSE
Understanding according to Kant is our ability to have and use those things.
FALSE
TRUE
If knowledge is a priori that means it comes from experience
TRUE
FALSE
A priori knowledge is knowledge that is based on an assumed principle or fact, rather than on actual observance or experience
TRUE
FALSE
To truly understand a priori knowledge one could relate it to the notion of knowledge that is:
outside
innate
non-existent
in our world
If something has substance that means what?
it has physical properties of matter
it has "body"
it is tangible
all of the above
The philosophical position that asserts that some state or activity of the mind is prior to and more fundamental than the things we experience is called:
transcendance
transient
transcendental idealism
transitional ideas
On page 170 Kant ends with the notion that yes there are two worlds: the world of experience, which includes our own thoughts and feelings that we carry around with us that are impenetrable PLUS our experiences and interactions material things in our world. What is the other world that we live in?
The world of Ideal Forms
The world of imperfection
The world of the material things that can never truly be known only interacted with or seen externally
The world of Truth
This is a picture of a puppy and it is external to me.
TRUE
FALSE
This is a picture of a kitten and it is external to me.
TRUE
FALSE
This is a picture of two bunnies and they are external to me.
TRUE
FALSE
This a picture representing the concept of time.
TRUE
FALSE
This a picture representing the concept of space.
TRUE
FALSE
