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In this work, the example of a ball causing a dent in a stuffed pillow is used to show that the time between a cause and its effect may be vanishing. This work forms a counter-razor to Occam’s razor by stating that “the varieties of entities are not to be diminished rashly”. This work refutes the “physico-theological,” “cosmological,” and “ontological” arguments, which it says are the only three types of proof of God’s existence from speculative reason. This work formulates four groups of three concepts, including that of unity, plurality and totality, as concepts termed (*) categories (10[1])of the understanding. This work’s first section argues that space and time are necessary conditions via the “Transcendental Aesthetic.” The possibility of synthetic a priori judgements is (10[1])argued in, for 10 points, what first of Immanuel Kant’s three Critiques? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Critique of Pure Reason [or Kritik der reinen Vernunft; accept Critique of Pure Reason or Kritik der reinen Vernunft after “Critiques”]
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