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Cards in this set: Term Synthetic a priori knowledge Definition while always confirmed by experience, can never be derived from experience Term Analytic a priori knowledge Definition Term Synthetic a posteriori knowledge Definition Term Analytic a posteriori knowledge Definition Term Noumena Definition Things in themselves, they are outside of the physical world we can no nothing about them like phenomena. Kant would argue that noumena are not the same as phenomena and come before we imprint space and time on them Term Phenomena Definition Appearances, what we perceive and experience. We can understand and know things about phenomena unlike noumena Term Sensible Intuitions Definition our sensible intuitions are our sensory input or impressions which, in our minds, we place in space and time. Term Categories of the Understanding Definition Term Copernican Revolution (Kant) Definition Kant synthesized (brought together) rationalism and empiricism. After Kant, the old debate between rationalists and empiricists ended, and epistemology went in a new direction. After Kant, no discussion of reality or knowledge could take place without awareness of the role of the human mind in constructing reality and knowledge. Term Antinomies Definition an antinomy exists when two contradictory or incompatible laws exists. Kant discussed 4 antinomies. Term Transcendental Realism Definition objects don't depend on forms of intuition or categories of understanding. Term Transcendental Idealism Definition objects in space and time are empirically real but transcendentally ideal- they depend on forms of sensible intuition and categories of the understanding. Term Transcendental Unity of the Apperception Definition recognizing that a perception is our own personal perception. Term Universal Laws of Nature Definition Term Necessary Truths Definition Term Contingent Truths Definition