PHLB33H3 Lecture : Immanuel KANT

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16 Dec 2011
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Concepts of god: kant november 7th, 2011 y hume & leibniz (inspiration) y kant: (a) all knowledge requires the contribution of both intellect. & understanding + sensibility (receptivity to sense experience) 2- space +time as forms of sensibility y we have two (powers/faculties/sources) a) understanding (contribute to the world)=> power of judging with concepts (form). b) sensibility=>passive receptivity to the world (content) of any knowledge. all the combination makes our experience/knowledge possible. (a) large aspects of our experience are our contributions. All our experience is in space + time. We ourselves bring the forms of space to experience. (b) understanding also contributes to what we experience. Causality is a concept that is reasoning for us to have. God: y first cause, the fundamental condition of all that is (the unconditional condition of the totality of all things). y by the nature of our reasoning we always seek more fundamental (more implied) explanations.