1. Why does Kant think we have synthetic a priori knowledge of space? Do
his reasons imply that space is ideal?
2. ‘We have […] defined the understanding in various different ways: as a
spontaneity of knowledge (in distinction from the receptivity of
sensibility), as a power of thought, as a faculty of concepts, or again of
judgments. All these definitions, when they are adequately understood,
are identical’ (KANT). Discuss.
3. What is the purpose of Kant’s contrast between our perception of a
house and our perception of a moving boat? Does he succeed?
4. ‘It must be possible for the “I think” to accompany all my representations’
(KANT). Explain and evaluate the significance of this claim in Kant’s
Transcendental Deduction.
5. EITHER (a) What role(s) does Geist play in Hegel’s philosophy?
OR (b) ‘Spirit is … the unity of the different independent selfconsciousnesses …: “I” that is “We” and “We” that is “I”’ (HEGEL).
Discuss.
6. What is wrong, according to Hegel, with an ‘approach to the object’ that
is merely ‘immediate or receptive’? Is he right?
7. Is the biggest problem with Hegel’s dialectic the claim that ‘negation’ can
issue in a ‘positive result’?
8. What is most attractive about Hegel’s conception of freedom?
9. EITHER (a) What role, if any, does ‘honesty’ play in Nietzsche’s
epistemology
OR (b) What role, if any, does ‘honesty’ play in Nietzsche’s aesthetics?
10. Should we accept Nietzsche’s claim that ‘only that which has no history
can be defined’?
11. How would you convince Nietzsche that you are not a slave?
12. ‘What is good? – Everything that enhances people’s feeling of power,
will to power, power itself.’ (NIETZSCHE) Discuss.