Immanuel Kant: The Philosopher Who Reshaped Reality
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2025
- Dive into the intriguing world of Kant's Conundrums as we unravel the complex puzzles of pure reason. This video explores Immanuel Kant's philosophical challenges, shedding light on his critical ideas that have shaped modern thought.
Join us in examining how these conundrums influence our understanding of knowledge, reality, and morality. We will delve into key concepts such as transcendental idealism and the limits of human cognition, providing insights that are both enlightening and thought-provoking
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Our senses of perception naturally evolved for practical reasons. They have limitations, and are not the only senses available to animals on this planet. Thus, what we directly perceive and analyze also limits our understanding. Scientific tools have expanded our knowledge of the environment through indirect perception. Thereby, expanding our capacity for realization of possibilities. This too is limited but being a beneficial trend for getting a better grasp on what the universe has to divulge.
" I am reminded of a great German philosopher, Immanuel Kant. He is a specimen of those people who are absolutely in the mind. He lived according to mind so totally that people used to set their watches, whenever they saw Immanuel Kant going to the university. Never - it may rain, it may rain fire, it may rain cats and dogs, it may be utterly cold, snow falling … Whatever the situation, Kant will reach the university at exactly the same time all the year round, even on holidays. Such a fixed, almost mechanical … He would go on holiday at exactly the same time, remain in the university library, which was specially kept open for him, because otherwise what would he do there the whole day? And he was a very prominent, well-known philosopher, and he would leave the university at exactly the same time every day.
One day it happened … It had rained and there was too much mud on the way - one of his shoes got stuck in the mud. He did not stop to take the shoe out because that would make him reach the university a few seconds later, and that was impossible. He left the shoe there. He just arrived with one shoe. The students could not believe it. Somebody asked, “What happened to the other shoe?”
He said, “It got stuck in the mud, so I left it there, knowing perfectly well nobody is going to steal one shoe. When I return in the evening, then I will pick it up. But I could not have been late.”
A woman proposed to him: “I want to be married to you” - a beautiful young woman. Perhaps no woman has ever received such an answer, before or after Immanuel Kant. Either you say, “Yes,” or you say, “No. Excuse me.” Immanuel Kant said, “I will have to do a great deal of research.”
The woman asked, “About what?”
He said, “I will have to look in all the marriage manuals, all the books concerning marriage, and find out all the pros and cons - whether to marry or not to marry.”
The woman could not imagine that this kind of answer had ever been given to any woman before. Even no is acceptable, even yes, although you are getting into a misery, but it is acceptable. But this kind of indifferent attitude towards the woman - he did not say a single sweet word to her. He did not say anything about her beauty, his whole concern was his mind. He had to convince his mind whether or not marriage is logically the right thing.
It took him three years. It was really a long search. Day and night he was working on it, and he had found three hundred reasons against marriage and three hundred reasons for marriage. So the problem even after three years was the same.
One friend suggested out of compassion, “You wasted three years on this stupid research. In three years you would have experienced all these six hundred, without any research. You should have just said yes to that woman. There was no need to do so much hard work. Three years would have given you all the pros and cons - existentially, experientially.”
But Kant said, “I am in a fix. Both are equal, parallel, balanced. There is no way to choose.”
The friend suggested, “Of the pros you have forgotten one thing: that whenever there is a chance, it is better to say yes and go through the experience. That is one thing more in favor of the pros. The cons cannot give you any experience, and only experience has any validity.”
He understood, it was intellectually right. He immediately went to the woman’s house, knocked on her door. Her old father opened the door and said, “Young man, you are too late. You took too long in your research. My girl is married and has two children.” That was the last thing that was ever heard about his marriage. From then on no woman ever asked him, and he was not the kind of man to ask anybody. He remained unmarried."
Didn't he own a brothel - his house was an actual brothel. Everything he said was fraud, then taught the inversion of the absolute I as a transcdental idealism. Against the annihilation of the absolute I, that's not even your ego. Then all these came out.
Kant was a death-worshipping nihilist
The illustrations are fantastic
Kant is very smart about rationalizing stupidity, thus his influence among modern philosophers.
Immanuel Kant emphasized the importance of rationality and moral duty in his philosophy, reshaping our understanding of knowledge and ethics with concepts like the "categorical imperative." His ideas continue to influence modern thought.
Ok you don't get it, literally helping people you shouldn't because they messed up help you, a literal inversion of morality. Thsts the moral duty of the categorical imperative. We are modernizing it here, in canada, they just want more.
Kant split reason and morality from reality. He is no better than any drug-addicted thug.
KAnt based all knowledge on mind split from reality, inc/reason and morality. Duty is sacrifice as end in itself, w/no values.
Reality...
Can it be Reshaped!
The Quantum Universe is consistent with Kant’s rational perspective.
The Quantum Universe , using the implicit Kantiansm of Bohrs Copenhagen interpretation, is consistent with Kant’s rational perspective. Agreed. Bohr said that he studied Kant prior to studying quantum physics.
I did not mean to claim Kant was rational. He was nihilist.
@TeaParty1776 I did not mean to imply you did. But at an extreme point, rationalism is nihilistic since entropy is the end state of all matter and energy. It's why I believe spiritual questions are beyond purely rational analysis.
For instance, it makes no rational sense for my previous comment to have been shadow banned, but the minders of the YT algorithm believe it necessary.
@@stantheman9072 >rationalism is nihilistic since entropy is the end state of all matter and energy.
Rationalism has values
@TeaParty1776 Yes, in the sense that the rational mind applies values. As I prefaced my prior statement, it's in the extreme that rationalism is ultimately nihilistic as all order is fleeting. It's only in defined circumstances that it can exist.
Yes he can
As it turns out, Kant could, and did.
Philosophy is vanity. Interesting vanity, yet vanity nonetheless.
Kant was yet another philosopher who thought that he could turn his subjective values into objective truths. No, you Kan't.
What if subjectivity isn’t real?
@@adamfleischman8080my subjective argument is against Annihilation of the absolute I into a reversed trancdental idealism , the ontological of the ready at hand pretending to be you? This creates an objective argument within an assemblage of arguments. He did it with fichte, ok leave that one on.
@ you may want to proofread as this made no sense to me.
@@adamfleischman8080 you may want to get an actual doctorate and have one of those absolute I getting involved in the philosophy of the mind in existential philosophy - they want to preserve it.
@@Impaled_Onion-thatsmine most doctors know how to reason and write, not just insult.
We thought the world was flat at one point. We understand it as round now. What will we understand it to be in 2000 years? 🤷
As for what we'll understand in 2000 years, it's exciting to think about! Science and technology are constantly evolving, so who knows what new discoveries and advancements we'll make. The important thing is to keep an open mind, stay curious, and rely on evidence-based science to guide our understanding of the world.
Actually some people still think the earth is flat. But likley in 2000 years less people will think this.
@@mha2470 drug addicts have open minds.
🤔🪞?
Isn't Kant the guy who said Black people are souless ignorant people. Him and Thomas Jefferson like minded
Yes, Kant did hold problematic and prejudiced views on race, which have been criticized heavily. It’s important to acknowledge these aspects of his work and recognize the context of his time, but that doesn't excuse his views. Many philosophers and scholars still study Kant’s ideas on ethics and reason because of their impact on modern philosophy, while also critically examining and discussing the limitations and biases in his thinking. Engaging with these ideas thoughtfully helps us understand both the strengths and flaws in influential figures like Kant."
@@MasterofStories25 chatbox?
They were using them in the atmosphere and on the plane of existence of animals and migration patterns... now in Africa animals literally run around a huge circle every yearm
He changed his mind towards the end of his life. Even still, that doesn’t negate his ideas on cognition and intuition 🤦🤡
@@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459 True, he did change his perspective later in life, but that doesn’t diminish the value of his ideas on cognition and intuition. His reflections remain a profound source of inspiration and a foundation for many deep philosophical discussions. Changing perspectives just shows that we, as humans, are always evolving-and so is philosophy, right? 😊
i just kant watch this anymore im sorry but i simply kant