Immanuel Kant: The Great Synthesizer

This clip describes Immanuel Kant's great synthesis of the rationalist and empiricist philosophical traditions. Kant famously stated "Percepts without concepts are empty; concepts without percepts are blind." Kant argues that our experience of reality is not merely passive, but rather that the mind actively structures how we encounter the world.

The clip then explains the difference between analytic/synthetic judgments and a priori/a posteriori judgments. It then closes with a brief description of Kant's deontological ethical theory, and his critique of metaphysics.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Immanuel Kant
• Modern Philosophy
• David Hume
• Categorical Imperative
• Critique of Pure Reason
• a priori
• a posteriori
• analytic
• synthetic

[DerPoltergeist13]

What documentary is this from? I want to find it and watch the whole thing

[LennyBound]

@DerPoltergeist13 Go to Films (dot) com and search for "Modern Philosophy." I'm pretty sure it's that documentary. However, the price is ridiculously high because they only expect libraries to purchase it. I found a digital copy of the video a long time ago and uploaded this small part. I no longer have the video on my computer, and if its any consolation, I don't remember the rest of it being terribly good. Hope that helps!

[ph0cyl]

would you please share the title of this documentary? ty

[LennyBound]

@ph0cyl Go to Films (dot) com and search for "Modern Philosophy." I'm pretty sure it's that documentary. However, the price is ridiculously high because they only expect libraries to purchase it. I found a digital copy of the video a long time ago and uploaded this small part. I no longer have the video on my computer, and if its any consolation, I don't remember the rest of it being terribly good. Hope that helps!

[bananabread119]

Where's the video after this? Wheres part 2 and 3??

[LennyBound]

This clip is the last few minutes from a documentary about Modern Philosophy. I decided against uploading the full hour long video (and to be honest, the rest wasn't too terribly interesting).

[TheHomelessCripple]

Holy shit Philosophy just blew my mind

[mrfatd]

ur a schizophrenic. i read and understand kamt although its hard. dont talk non-sense about this great great man if ur too lazy/stupid to understand him

[donshery]

David Hume seems retarded at first, but as you being to understand him his points make sense, when your deep in you realize; what the heck is the talking about? he gotta be crazy! Philosophy is interesting, hard, and confusing - at times. When i started reading Descartes i thought he was crazy. Doubting reality? but then it makes sense, and after a while it doesnt. Its like this all the time, but i am a first year uni student, maybe its just me.

[neonoir77]

I don't agree with his initial assessment of metaphysics.

[neonoir77]

I don't believe in reality. But at the same time I don't believe in solipsism (meaning only OUR mind exists!) either. Kant makes sense.

[wanker4761]

@15CenterMass Ho ho, very good. Levity: Best way to respond to a maniac like Kant (cont?) Ho ho again.

[ph0cyl]

@LennyBound "DVD (Chaptered) $169.95" Lol.

on a side note, everything about philosophy is terribly good ;)

[SherryVapors]

Thanks very much for this Lenny. This was a very concise exposition of synthetic apriori. Also, and this is a stretch, it made me recognize a case of Hegelian dialectic in what Kant did with empiricism and rationalism. He was one one sharp dude!