Geoffrey Warnock on Kant: Section 2

Contemporary philosopher Geoffrey Warnock discusses the philosophy of anti-empiricist Immanuel Kant, and his view that activities and powers within the mind are the key to knowledge, and that all knowledge is appearance. Knowledge for Kant, is a complex affair, in which knowing is acquired not just through the senses, but through pure concepts of understanding indigenous to the mind. Countering Hume, Kant insists it is the mind, not the senses, which unifies and organizes sensory flow into meaning full definitions of things.

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[1974freud]

I had this exact conversation with my friend last night, except we were drinking.

[brn20]

Great stuff, thanks a lot flame0430.

However, (and I'm not on drugs) this section gets progressively more surreal as the debate about the "das ding an sich" and subjective experience dichotomy coincides with the audio degrading and moving further out of time with Brian Magee's mouth. Also, Warnock off-screen going "yeeehhss...yeeEHhs!" at the electro-magnetic waves comment.

Very interesting though.

[astroboomboy]

@cirosuperiore If anything Nietzche was the idiot, but I do agree with him that great men do not marry.

[CommunistWarrior1917]

This is an interesting video on a giant in the field of German Idealism, and philosophy in general.

[iiNDiTC]

I would agree with Kaufmann's argument about philosophy being closer to world literature than to any of the sciences.

[donshery]

@svinjoid people in Croatia know Philosophy!?

[enraGeUKK]

i dont believe that your not on drugs

[svinjoid]

great, great and great....greetings form Croatia.....

[cirosuperiore]

Nietzche once called Kant an idiot...i'm not sure why...but at the same time he also said that great men did not marry, when referring to Kant...so you make the call.

[archdeaconj]

@soursourapples Ah, thank you.

[soursourapples]

@archdeaconj spot on!