PHLB33H3 Lecture : Immanuel KANT (2) + Hume vs. Kant

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Ontological proof: existence is not property, in general we cannot deduce existence of things from more concepts. Why is philosophy obsessed with the idea of god? (sensibility=passion/ receptivity) y the reason is reason=source of metaphysical illusions y y understanding: makes individual judgemental (a is b if a then b) y reason: systematic operative. the idea of god is an inevitable product of reason because it gives the best systematic/general answer to our search for explanations/conditions of things. Hume woke up from my dogmatic thinking y y y phenomena/appearances: what we experience. Humans don t have proof that the object exist. Rational to believe in the existence of god. God is the first cause of everything. Regulative use and having a real object ( constitutive ). y y the idea is a result of speculative interests y like would itself. Other idea: kant s moral for existence. y moral interest: having the interest of mortality, happiness, justice y.

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