Short Paper on Kant

Short Paper on Kant

Kant famously–and controversially–argued that some
knowledge is synthetic a priori. Can you
explain in your own words what Kant might have meant by this, and can you give
an example of the sort of knowledge that Kant believed possessed this strange
status?

HINT: To answer this question in a clear and
well-organized manner, you might want to first explain and illustrate Kant’s
distinction between apriori and aposteori knowledge and also his distinction
between empirical and synthetic judgments.

Please ensure that your essay addresses each
component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well organized,
uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual
evidence. Your essay should be 600-900
words long.