Question

Why do you think Kant introduced the term called Noumena?

• A. Because Phenomena are appearances of something and this something was termed as Noumena
• B. Kant knew that there were independent entities which were beyond human understanding and he called them as Noumenas.
  
• C. Because he wanted to show that Noumena was not devoid of any meaning.
  
  
• D. a & b together.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Kant knew that there were independent entities which were beyond human understanding and he called them as Noumenas.

The question is why Kant introduced the term noumena. The question doesn’t ask you how Kant defends the existence of noumena.
Look at these lines -
"Kant argued that they must exist because phenomena are appearances, thus they must be appearances of something and that something must be noumena."
This tells why option (a) is wrong.
These lines will tell you why Option (b) is only correct
"Kant was aware that the external world was limited by our understanding, and noumena are introduced partly as proof of this (i.e. noumena are the limits of human understanding).
It is the noumena that play the role of independent existences beyond the thinking subject."