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Full Idea
The only way for my intuition to precede the reality of the object and take place as knowledge a priori is if it contains nothing else than the form of sensibility which in me as subject precedes all real impressions through which I'm affected by objects.
Gist of Idea
A priori intuition of objects is only possible by containing the form of my sensibility
Source
Immanuel Kant (Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic [1781], 283)
Book Ref
Kant,Immanuel: 'Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic', ed/tr. Lucas,Peter G. [Manchester UP 1971], p.38
A Reaction
This may be the single most famous idea in Kant. I'm not really a Kantian, but this is a powerful idea, the culmination of Descartes' proposal to start philosophy by looking at ourselves. No subsequent thinking can ignore the idea.
| 12518 | The mind cannot produce simple ideas [Locke] |
| 5567 | A priori the understanding can only anticipate possible experiences [Kant] |
| 16914 | A priori intuition of objects is only possible by containing the form of my sensibility [Kant] |
| 16909 | Logic is a priori because we cannot think illogically [Wittgenstein] |
| 12416 | We have some self-knowledge a priori, such as knowledge of our own existence [Kitcher] |
| 9339 | A priori knowledge (e.g. classical logic) may derive from the innate structure of our minds [Horwich] |
| 3913 | Maybe imagination is the source of a priori justification [Casullo] |