CHIP - Immanuel Kant

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Who influenced David Hume's thinking?
Aristotle, with two laws of association
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What was David Hume's way of thinking?
Everything is custom
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What did Hume argue about inductive reasoning (causality)?
It cannot be justified rationally - this belief results from experience of "constant conjunction", not logic
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What type of philosophy was Immanuel Kant trained in?
Leibnizian
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Does it matter if causation is real or assumed?
Yes, if we can't know causality in nature, logic of science and knowledge = challenged
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Causality cannot be proven to exist in the external world, but it is in our understanding, therefore it must be:
an innate contribution of the mind
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What are external and inner world also known as (respectively)?
Noumenal & phenomenal
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EXTERNAL world =
Real objects are as they are without human interaction
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INNER world =
'Appearance' world active in creating understanding of external world
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Kant's thinking about the mind =
It has rules organised according to space and time
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How many intuitions are there?
12
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What did Kant say psychology could never be?
A TRUE science
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Why can psychology not be like physics?
No spatial dimension, cannot be externally manipulated or mathematically analysed
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What are optical illusions?
When sensory experiences differ from external reality
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What is Vitalism?
It is the life force, it controls bodily mechanism and escapes after death
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Who's students did not agree with vitalism?
Muller's
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