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Western Philosophy
Comparison Essay # 74101
Western Philosophy
This paper compares the philosophies of Kant and Hume.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages) |
4 sources |
MLA | 2005
Paper Summary:
In this paper, the philosophies of Kant and Hume regarding knowledge are compared. The article looks at the limitations of the source of knowledge in Hume's empiricism. The writer also discusses the broader base for knowledge in Kant's transcendental idealism.From the Paper:
"Kant claims that the mind makes an active contribution to experience. His argument was designed to show the limitations of knowledge. While the Rationalists suggested that we could have metaphysical knowledge of God, souls, substance, etc. and that such knowledge was transcendentally real, Kant maintained that we cannot have knowledge of the realm beyond the empirical. In other words, transcendental knowledge is ideal but is not real in the human mind. Kant identified a priori sources of these constraints. He believed the mind has a receptor ... "More papers on Western Philosophy:
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Western Philosophy (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Comparison-Essay-Western-Philosophy/74101
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"Western Philosophy" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Comparison-Essay-Western-Philosophy/74101>
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