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This 20 page paper relates the basic elements of Kant's philosophical perspective, related to his Copernican Revolution, his analytical principles, quantum mechanics, ethics, theory of space and time and his general world view. This paper outlines some of the basic theories of Kant and relates them to the texts of his major works, including his Critique of Pure Reason. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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knowledge and politics. Kants theoretical concepts determined a correlation between science and mankind and underscored the notion that human perceptions and the context of knowledge are deeply rooted in
the natural world. The development of an understanding of Kants basic perceptions and his theoretical processes, then, require an overview of his Copernican Revolution, his perceptions on quantum mechanics,
his views on time and space (See Reichnback, 1982), ethics and his overall worldview, including his political perspectives. Copernican Revolution Kants "Copernican Revolution" was not based in the
principles of Copernicus, but instead relates to his view that his perceptions of human knowledge and his fundamental philosophies would determine the same kind of transformation that was realized after
Copernicus assertions about the nature of the world were accepted. Kants "Copernican Revolution in Metaphysics," then was perceived as a means of shifting the philosophical view of the universe,
of humanity and of the social and political constructs of his then modern world. Kants views were based in the distinction between the world as it exists and the
world of human knowledge and suggests that centuries of philosophizing have not put into place decidedly direct concepts that are linked to both the way the world appears and the
way the world actually exists. This became the central premise of the body of theories that were described as Kants Copernican Revolution. Kants view in proposing his Copernican Revolution
extended from his assessment of the importance of a view of philosophy and the necessity for changes in the existing philosophical perspectives. Kant believed that it was necessary
to consider the correlation between existing knowledge, the actual constructs of a situation or object and the way in which it was perceived relative to the contextual nature of mans
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