Monday, December 28, 2015

KANT

Wow. When I think of Kant, I did not expect him to have a system of mathematical equations. Math is so highly philosophical, and I did not make note of this parallel connection before. Right now, when I read this commentary on Kant, I notice a desire (in me) to understand experience and perception. These concepts are also explained through math, but more I think what Kant wants, is to make the concepts equate to (to x?) something. Some universal understanding of human-being perhaps. At least this is the kind of 'universal' identification I make in the work of Kant, insofar as his desire to use math. [This paragraph can be further qualified. separated in two ideas. One is to focus on the mathematical. Second is to explore the concept of universal understanding of human-being.]
The universal is a symbol of other concepts that relate to human nature, however does human nature have to be innately negative, nihilist? Can human nature have altruism unequaled with transcendence? Can the self acknowledge other natures outside the shackled realities of dungeons and "realist" beliefs? I am not sure if these are questions Kant intends to answer for me or for human nature.

Kant's two rules of method:
(1) Extend your observations of objects in space and time in indefinitum 
(2)Extend your observations of the parts of things in in infinitem

Perhaps these two concepts then further attempt to understand essences of sense-experience and perception. How these concepts of phenomena (for the latter) exist.



Jan. 1 2016
apodeictic certainty: mathematical theorems.
Math is unfalsifiable
theorems are synthetic and enlarge our knowledges.

Jan 2 2016
There is the phenomena and the noumena
Each are related in the case that Kant believes in both
 temporal awareness = human awareness
non-temporal awareness = intellectual awareness
Math is a synthetic but necessary truth in critical philosophy (and judgements)
Conclusion of the world, is that there is a distinct existence
Empiricists: attempted o acquire knowledge via intuition
Rationalists: attempt to acquire knowledge through concepts, alone.

This is all the significance of concept and intuition, both understanding and sensibility. (Intuition = sensibility). *important concept

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