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Does the success of modern science suggest that Kant was wrong?

philosophy February 08, 2019 at 11:55 1900 views 1 comments
In his Critique of Pure Reason, Kant argued that knowledge does not conform to objects but, rather, objects conform to knowledge. That is to say, the subject himself imposes the order he experiences in nature. As such, the subject is not in direct experiential contact with the world. Reason cannot extend beyond the world as we experience it.

But could it be said that the tremendous success of modern science, particularly physics, suggests that we are indeed in direct experiential contact with the world and that Kant is therefore wrong?

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Streetlight February 08, 2019 at 12:16 #253877
This discussion was merged into Kant and Modern Physics