Immanuel Kant's Transcendental Idealism - 5.4

Transcendental Idealism

Knowledge form from reason; content from senses.

Senses

Reveal tastes, smells, sounds, and shapes of objects.

Reason

Source of knowledge about relationships among objects.

Mind's Organization

Separates sensations into objects existing outside ourselves.

Phenomenal World

World constructed by our mind's perceptions.

Noumenal World

Reality as it exists independently of our mind.

Cause and Effect

All perceived events must have a cause.

Earlier Sensation

Perceived as the cause of later sensations.

Rationalism

Belief in knowledge independent of experience.

Innate Ideas

Kant disagrees; knowledge requires sensory experience.

Mental Constructs

Organize chaotic sensations into understandable perceptions.

Space and Time

Frameworks our minds use to organize sensations.

Copernican Revolution

Kant's idea: world conforms to the mind.

Romantic Philosophers

Critique Kant's impersonal approach to knowledge.

Cultural Influence

History and culture shape perception organization.

Different Categories

Cultures use unique relationships to understand reality.

Knowledge of Reality

Attained through reason, not solely experience.

Disorganized Chaos

Inability to function without organized sensations.

Perceived Events

Must be connected through cause and effect.

Constructed Relationships

Mind creates connections between perceptions.

Subjective Reality

World perceived may differ from actual reality.