Exam 19: David Hume: Unmasking the Pretensions of Reason

How are concepts like functions?

If Descartes is rightly called a rationalist and Hume an empiricist, how would you describe Kant?

In what way does Kant's claim that being is not a real predicate undercut the ontological argument-for instance, Descartes' third argument for God's existence?

Kant says that he has found it necessary to deny knowledge to make room for faith. Knowledge of what? Faith in what?

Explain how Kant thinks that morality, the laws of which are legislated by each person for himself or herself, can nevertheless be objective.

Kant says that a dove cannot fly in empty space; symbolically understood, this means:

Kant says he was shaken by David Hume's analysis of causation. He calls it "Hume's problem." What was there about this analysis that awoke Kant from his "dogmatic slumber," and how does Kant think he has solved the problem?

How does Kant use the distinction between things and persons in expressing the supreme principle of morality?

Concepts, according to Kant, are