Unit 3 Quiz — How Is Pure Natural Science Possible? (§§14

What does Kant mean by 'pure natural science'?

How does Kant define 'nature' in the sense relevant to Part II?

In what sense is the Prolegomena's method 'analytic'?

Which correctly states Kant's distinction between a judgment of perception and a judgment of experience (§§18–20)?

'The sun warms the stone' differs from 'when the sun shines, the stone grows warm' because the first adds…

What are the categories, and where does Kant say they come from?

What does Kant mean by the thesis that 'the understanding does not draw its laws from nature, but prescribes them to nature' (§36)?

How does Kant's thesis answer Hume's problem of causation?

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Using the sun-and-stone example, reconstruct Kant's distinction between a judgment of perception and a judgment of experience (§§18–20), and explain how it grounds his claim in §36 that 'the understanding prescribes its laws to nature.' Then explain precisely how this answers Hume on causation.

What to cover: Work through the two judgments, say exactly what the understanding adds to make a judgment objective, and connect that to why the a priori laws can be prescribed to nature. Finish by showing what Kant concedes to Hume and what he denies.

Unit 3 Quiz — How Is Pure Natural Science Possible? (§§14–39)

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