@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Kant,Immanuel}, subject = {Skepticism}, note = {Stroud I 128 Skepticism/Kant: it remains a scandal of philosophy that the existence of things outside of us must be accepted solely on the basis of belief. KantVsDescartes: the relation between philosophical question and everyday knowledge is more indirect and complex than he thought. - ((s) But for Kant the perception of external things is very direct.) Stroud I 136 KantVsSkepticism: two stages: 1. prove external things (Moore has solved) - 2. show the general possibility of such evidence. Cf. >Moore's hands. Stroud I 138 Stroud: Problem: we do not have a specific text (sentence) with which Kant would formulate his realism and could prove it to Moore. Stroud I 142 Everyday knowledge is unproblematic, complete and does not have to be proved. Cf. >Certainty. Stroud I 140 Skepticism/KantVsSkepticism: the skepticism can never reach a conclusion because of the premises accepted by himself. Stroud I 147 KantVsDescartes: he does not go far enough and relies too heavily on "testimonies" - (documents, evidence). More important: the conditions of possibility. Davidson: Kant: no study of our knowledge could show that we always perceive something other than the independent objects we assume around us. >Thing in itself/Kant. Solution/Kant: "Copernican revolution": idealism of all appearances. - "We only have direct consciousness of what belongs to us. Our perception depends on our capacity. Wrong: that our experience would be in accordance with the things, but vice versa. Stroud I 149 Things of the outer world/objects/world/reality/Kant/Stroud: all our perception, whether internal or external, and all "external objects of perception ... we have to regard them as representations of what we can be immediately conscious . - ((s) so the thing is the representation of our consciousness -> transcendental idealism - founds the a priori character of our knowledge of space and time (geometry). >Space/Kant, >Time/Kant, >Geometry/Kant. Therefore things cannot exist independently of our thoughts and experiences. Stroud I 163 StroudVsKant: that we need to be aware of our experiences is the return of the "epistemic priority" (from Descartes).}, note = { Stroud I B. Stroud The Significance of philosophical scepticism Oxford 1984 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=268327} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=268327} }