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What is self According to Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant?
According to him, we all have an inner and an outer self which together form our consciousness. The inner self is comprised of our psychological state and our rational intellect. The outer self includes our sense and the physical world.
How does Transcendental Apperception helped explain Kant’s view of human nature?
In philosophy, transcendental apperception is a term employed by Immanuel Kant and subsequent Kantian philosophers to designate that which makes experience possible. Unity of experience therefore implies a unity of self. The unity of self is as much an object of experience as anything is.
Who am I according to Descartes?
In his Meditations, René Descartes asks, “what am I?” His initial answer is “a man.” But he soon discards it: “But what is a man? Shall I say ‘a rational animal’?
What does Kant mean by transcendental?
By transcendental (a term that deserves special clarification) Kant means that his philosophical approach to knowledge transcends mere consideration of sensory evidence and requires an understanding of the mind’s innate modes of processing that sensory evidence.
Who is Immanuel Kant and why is he important?
Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) was a German philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. He is regarded as one of the most important thinkers of modern Europe, and his influence on Western thought is immeasurable. He was the starting point and inspiration for the German Idealism movement in the late 18th…
What is the idea that Kant thought we should treat all people?
The idea that Kant thought we should treat all people with respect and not use them, this is the idea that you should treat people as a means but not as an ends. Kant believed that humans was God’s greatest creation and we should therefore treat humans with respect.
What happened to Kant in his last years?
Towards the end of his life, Kant became increasingly anti-social and bitter over the growing loss of his memory and capacity for work. He became totally blind and finally died on 12 February 1804 in the beloved Königsberg where he had spent his entire life.
What does Kant mean by know knowledge?
That was know knowledge; the difference between right and wrong based on reason. Kant avoids the idea that we do things to fulfil our pleasure, but because we know its the right thing to do. He argued that it is a priori statement (Knowledge which we know not based on experiences), this is deontological argument.