Monday, May 19, 2008

Kant,- Nature IS possible

Kant brings up the topic of nature of page 56. The question that he is ultimately asking is, “how is nature possible?” The answer to that question is quite obvious because nature is something that just simply exists. We can breathe in air, we can touch the grass, and we can, see hear, feel, and taste rain. These aren’t properties that we assume or make up, they are properties that are obvious, and that everyone is capable of sensing them. We live in the natural world. We are not always aware of the importance of our natural resources simply because they were there first and we did not ask for them to be put there. Therefore nature is possible because we as humans did not create it ourselves, which means that it is not an opinion nor is it questionable by any means by a human being.

1 comment:

Isabella said...

I agree with you. Nature is something that always existed. Kant questions how nature is possible in the material sense and in the formal sense.