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A 4 page paper which explains how Kant’s response forces him to distinguish between two different senses of the following terms: I-self, real and appearance. Specifically considered are Kant’s innate ideas and in which sense can we have knowledge of reality and in what sense can we not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that can completely hold up to scrutiny; there is always that shadow of a doubt that exists. Humes contemporary, German-born philosopher Immanuel Kant, respectfully disagreed. His answer to
Humes skepticism is rooted in what has been referred to as Kants innate ideas or forms. He contends it is impossible for the human mind to generate an idea
that is not limited by time and space. It is this innate or a priori knowledge of time and space that is responsible for perceptions. These perceptions are
sensory-based views of the internal and external world. Everything, Kant maintains, emerges from these forms, and what is known is how the human mind interprets these forms. Crucial to
Kants response is the way in which he distinguishes between I and self. In Humes skepticism, there is nothing except that which is within. There is, in effect,
no self. However, Kant counters, "The consciousness of myself in the representation I is not an intuition, but a merely intellectual representation of the spontaneity of a thinking subject"
(246-247, B278). It is the concept of a permanent self that allows the mind to conceive of time and space. Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is
possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes Kants logic sometimes difficult to comprehend is that the distinction he makes between I and self resides
within the minds perception of these differences. He is not arguing categorically that there is a difference; nor is he agreeing with Hume that there is no self.
What Kant is saying is that the mind believes that the self is separate from "I," and all knowledge is based on and serves to support this assumption. Kant
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