The Problems of Philosophy · Chapter
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This chapter contains endnotes referencing A. N. Whitehead's Introduction to Mathematics and clarifying Kant's concept of the 'thing in itself' as the cause of sensations, noting that Kant held categories inapplicable to it.
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- Appearance vs. Reality
Kant's distinction between the 'thing in itself' (reality) and its appearance through sensations is discussed.
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- Immanuel Kant
Referenced in the endnote regarding the 'thing in itself' and its relation to sensations and categories.
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“Kant’s “thing in itself” is identical in “definition” with the physical object, namely, it is the cause of sensations.”
Kant's 'thing in itself' is defined the same as a physical object: it is what causes our sensations.
Clarifies the definitional equivalence between the noumenon and physical object.
