Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Immanuel Kant and George Berkeley

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
The a priori concept of objects in general is the ground of experience [Kant]
     Full Idea: Concepts of objects in general lie at the ground of all experiential cognition as a priori conditions.
     From: Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B126/A93)
     A reaction: Does Kant have an a priori insight that process philosophy, or philosophy based entirely on relations, are wrong?
Objects in themselves are not known to us at all [Kant]
     Full Idea: Objects in themselves are not known to us at all.
     From: Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B045/A30)
     A reaction: It is the phrase "at all" which is interesting. It suggests that Kant is in no way a representative realist, though it is hard to place him within the labels of phenomenalism/idealism/anti-realism.