Single Idea 5543

[catalogued under 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / c. Concepts in psychology]

Full Idea

The cognition of every, at least human, understanding is a cognition through concepts. ...A concept is a unity of the act of bringing various representations under one common representation.

Gist of Idea

All human cognition is through concepts

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B093/A68)

Book Reference

Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.205


A Reaction

This puts concepts right at the heart of human understanding, as the building blocks for propositions and beliefs. Do gods and dogs use concepts? If artificial intelligence cannot program concepts, is it defeated? Are there non-conscious concepts? …