The Problems of Philosophy · Character
Immanuel Kant
The German philosopher who split experience into what the world gives us and what our own minds supply—and made the world beyond that split unknowable.
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Also known as Kant
First appearance: iv idealism
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His theory of a priori knowledge is discussed and criticized in the context of philosophical inquiry.
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Kant arrives in Russell's argument at the moment the problem of a priori knowledge becomes acute: how can we know, before meeting them, that any two future Londoners plus two more will make four? His answer—that space,…
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