Single Idea 5581

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism]

Full Idea

In the transcendental aesthetic we have undeniably proved that bodies are mere appearances of our outer senses, and not things in themselves.

Gist of Idea

We have proved that bodies are appearances of the outer senses, not things in themselves

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B406-/A357)

Book Reference

Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.420


A Reaction

This seems a strongly idealistic remark, which is a bit qualified when he talks of the existence of the unknowable 'noumenon' behind appearances, and he rejects idealism when he labels it a 'paralogism' at A367, preferring 'transcendental idealism'.