Immanuel Kant's "transcendental" philosophy transcends the question of what we know to ask how we know it. Before Kant, philosophers had debated for centuries whether knowledge is derived from experience or reason. Kant says that both views are partly right and partly wrong, that they share the same error; both believe that the mind and the world, reason and nature, are separated from one another. Kant says that our reason organizes our sense perception to produce knowledge. The mind is a creative force for understanding the manifold of new, unconceptualized sense impressions with which the world bombards us.
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" A decent overview of Aquinas' Summa Theologiae. Lots of philosophy packed in to two hours. Take it slowly. "
— Daniel, 8/19/2013
A. J. Mandt received his BA and MA from Trinity College and a PhD from Vanderbilt University. He is the author of numerous articles on topics in German philosophy.
Charlton Heston (1923–2008) was among America’s most respected actors. Best known for his roles in historical films, Mr. Heston sensitively and clearly explains history’s greatest philosophical insights.