RE: A Lesson in the Practicality of Philosophy I Learned Today
October 21, 2014 at 2:24 pm
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2014 at 2:27 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
Kant says that only ideas are that which can be known. In contrast to this, Aquinas says that ideas are the means by which we know. Personally, I think Aquinas makes the better case and that Kant's distinction between noumenal and phenomenal is a difference without a difference. Just because someone doesn't have complete knowledge of a sensible object doesn't mean that the object isn't knowable.
As for physical science, I thought everyone knew that scientific inquiries take certain metaphysical positions for granted, like the existence of universals.
As for physical science, I thought everyone knew that scientific inquiries take certain metaphysical positions for granted, like the existence of universals.
