Tyler Smith 17th and 18th Century Philosophy Kant’s Notion of Pure Reason and The Influence of It Immanuel Kant was a philosopher who set major precedents for the philosophy world. By combining two trains of thought which had long been debated, Kant was able to be one of the most influential Philosophers in history. In this paper I will argue multiple things. I will argue the rationalist and empiricist which influenced Kant the most. I will argue that Kant’s synthesis was successful. I will look at and explain the Transcendental Aesthetic, Transcendental Analytic, and Transcendental Dialectic. Finally, I will examine how Kant and Critique of Pure Reason was an overall successful person and book. In Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, he looked …show more content…
These antinomies are necessary to understand reality. He thought that the rationalist train of thought can’t be applied to this knowledge because this type of knowledge extended far beyond what anyone could experience. These anatomy’s are divided into two parts: 1 and 2 being classified as mathematical and 3 and 4 being classified as dynamics. The first Anatomy's thesis states “the word has a beginning in time, and it is also limited in regard to space”. What this states is that Kant believed that the world is wired to be accustomed to the concept of time, but must be limited to the space that surrounds it . Kant’s 2nd Antinomy states “Every composite substance in the world consists of simple parts; and there exists nothing that is not either itself simple, or composed of simple parts.” This means that the entire world have atoms which form the substances people see. The third states “Causality according to the laws of nature is not the only causality operating to originate the phenomena of the world. A causality of freedom is also necessary to account fully for these phenomena.” In this antinomy Kant regards that phenomena , notions people know exist through experiences, must be in line with the concept of causality. Kant’s 4th antinomy states “There exists either in, or in connection with the world, either as part of it, or as the cause of it, an absolutely necessary