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This 3 page paper examines Kant's premises with the use of his Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. A priori knowledge is discussed along with other concepts. No additional sources cited.
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After all, in Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, Kant divides knowledge into three separate parts which are understanding, sensibility and reason. Here, sensibility refers to the use of the senses
and this sensory knowledge is important and understanding is a comprehension of the truths learned from the senses. Going beyond that realm of experience does have problems but Kant also
acknowledged reason as relevant. One could take that to mean that an individual can reason and so, that can go beyond experience, but the reality is that Kant does not
really see it that way exactly. To Kant, and in this work, he references reason but emphasizes the idea that anything not experienced is not credible. He goes so far
as to say that a priori knowledge is in fact based on experience to an extent, something that seems to negate the concept entirely. He uses things like intuition and
claims that it cannot be equated with a priori but must be empirical. When one thinks about it, a priori knowledge has to come from somewhere. It cannot just exist.
Kants idea that extending ones knowledge beyond experience is impossible is supported by some of his ideas. One might delve further into the subject matter and ask
how reason transcends experience. Clearly, while elevating experience above reason, Kant held a place in his theories for reason. Reason to Kant includes both experience and intrinsic knowledge. The human
being synthesizes these and to Kant, the human might get into trouble by choosing anything over experience. Kant explains that "all analytical judgments depend wholly on the law of contradiction,
and are in their nature, a priori cognitions...." (14). With reason, the human being can make judgments, assumptions and so forth, but what is at the heart of the
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