Saturday, May 17, 2008
A critical examination of the nature of the thinking and perceiving mind!
Kant tells us that reality is a joint creation of external reality and the human mind and that it is only regarding the latter that we can acquire any certain knowledge. Kant challenges the assumption that the mind is a blank slate or a neutral receptor of stimuli from the surrounding world. The mind does not simply receive information, according to Kant, it also gives that information shape. Knowledge, is not something that exists in the outside world! knowledge is something created by the mind by filtering sensations through our various mental faculties. These faculties determine the shape that all knowledge takes, we can only grasp what knowledge, and learn truth.
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I believe the mind does shape how we think, because without it. The body cannot function. I do not know about if the mind filters sensations. Unless the sensation is so harmful that the mind can only imagine what it is like. i believe the mind shapes the knowledge to learn the truth
I believe that our mind does shape how we think too. Knowledge is something we aquiry by experiences and yes it is creted by our mind. Little by little we gain knowledge and thats when we learn the truth.
Our mind definetely plays a big part in how we think and also how we analyze ideas because we have learned different techniques throughout our life to shape the way we think
Yes our mind plays a big part of our knowledge i agree with all of you
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