Critique of Kant
I just started reading Kant’s Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics for Human Sit. It is interesting, and the man unquestionably was a towering intellect, but I find it hard going. I’m surprised that he could write about such an arcane subject manner and not lose the clarity he possesses. So far however, I disagree with him at least once ( there are always those things he says which I don’t understand yet :)– he says math is purely synthetic. With the way he uses the word synthetic, I can’t see him as being right: basically, he says math does not work by elucidating and drawing out implicit meanings from definitions. To me, that is math in a very vital sense.. after all, that is the basis from which proofs prove! Of course, I am probably wrong. Any how, I’m going to reread him tonight.
On a totally unrelated note, I’m glad I can finally access the site. The server has been down for a really long time. Actually, I’m going to go see why.. right now.
Possibly relevant posts:
- Switched servers (tangentspace.net is now at a new IP address) (9/17/2008)
- MIT Open Courseware (10/29/2003)
- Those Darn Mathematicians (2/21/2003)
you need to read more on kant. Idiot.
Comment by robin — 10/28/2008 @ 2:50 am