Question 1
Kant calls the world of experience the _____ world.
phenomenal
analytic
noumenal
synthetic
Question 2
Berkeley and Kant both thought of themselves as providing an antidote to at least some forms of skepticism.
True
False
Question 3
The proposition that all large planets are planets is an example of a synthetic proposition.
True
False
Question 4
According to Kant, virtually nothing can be known about the noumenal world except that it exists.
True
False
Question 5
Kant disagreed with Hume about whether or not any analytic truths can be known a posteriori.
True
False
Question 6
According to Kant, at least some synthetic truths about the geometry of space can be known a priori.
True
False
Question 7
The proposition that diamond is harder than granite is an example of an synthetic proposition
True
False
Question 8
One of the things Kant's transcendental deduction attempts to establish is that there are certain characteristics that all experiences must have.
True
False
Question 9
According to Kant, the following is a component of experience only for beings who have the faculty of understanding:
space
causality
time
none of the above
Question 10
According to Hegel, nothing can be understood apart from its place in history.
True
False
Question 11
According to Hegel, reality is unified and teleological.
True
False
Question 12
Hegel agreed with Kant that the noumenal world is unknowable.
True
False
Question 13
Which of the following best characterizes Hegel?
British empiricist
French rationalist
Platonist
German idealist
Question 14
When the dialectic is described as a three-part process, it involves the reconciliation of a synthesis and a thesis by moving beyond them to an antithesis.
True
False
Question 15
According to Hegel, all knowledge must be derived deductively from an absolutely certain starting point.
True
False
Question 16
Hegel uses the word "Spirit" to designate the subjective part of "the Absolute" that manifests itself in human consciousness and human history.
True
False
Question 17
Who originally came up with the triadic description of dialectic?
Fichte
Parmenides
Hegel
Schelling
Question 18
According to Hegel, history is a series of random events.
True
False
Question 19
(Review) According to Hume, there are some truths that are knowable through pure reason, but these concern only relations of ideas and not matters of fact.
True
False
Question 20
(Review) Berkeley rejected solipsism.
True
False