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Assignment 3 Philosophy

Question 1

Kant distinguished four types of judgments or statements which he used to explain and support metaphysics . According to Kant 's Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics there is a distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments . These judgments were based on the content of the statements or how the predicate affects the subject . Analytic judgments were described as statements that add nothing to the subject since it merely explicates what the subject is . For example , Earth is our planet There is no new meaning or definition that is added to the subject

since the predicate is actually included in the concept of the subject Therefore , this denotes a tautological relationship between subject and predicate . Also , analytic judgments conform to the principle of non-contradiction . This means that when the subject is denied it would automatically lead to a contradiction . Synthetic judgments , on the other hand involve a subject and a predicate that are not contained in the same concept . More particularly , the predicate explicate something that is derived from the subject based on its connection with other concepts aside from the subject itself . Thus , synthetic judgments are those statements wherein the concept of the subject is expanded . For example Earth is a planet in the solar system where human beings and other life forms live . In this statement the concept of solar system , human beings and other life forms are derived from the notion of Earth . These terms ideas and concepts are distinct from the subject Earth ' but is related or...

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