Category: Epistemology
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Beyond Appearances: The Noumenon-Phenomenon Distinction
How Kant’s division between things-in-themselves and things-as-they-appear revolutionized epistemology and set the stage for two centuries of philosophical development.
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The Problem of Induction: Hume’s Challenge to Scientific Certainty
Examining Hume’s devastating argument that our belief in cause and effect lacks rational justification, and how this skeptical insight continues to challenge our understanding of scientific knowledge.
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The Limits of Reason: Understanding Kant’s Antinomies
A brief exploration of how Kant demonstrated that human reason inevitably falls into contradiction when attempting to comprehend the unconditioned, revealing both the power and limitations of rational thought.
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