Kant Dotto

Aside from Kant's ability to word a sentence more complexly than a theoretical physicist ever could, I would consider Kant one of the world best salesman. I don't really buy into some of his logic such as his "breakthrough" of synthetic a priori knowledge (math). I feel as though he was able to convince people of his ideas and sell them. My theory of sales is if the products were any good, they would sell themselves so salesmen actually aren't convincing you to buy a product, but rather a product that you don't need or want. I understand the necessity to write down his ideas and logic, but in this particular case I think he jumped to a conclusion much too quickly. I dont think that there can be synthetic a priori knowledge because to me it sounds like an oxymoron.

Kant- autonomy Dotto

Kant thinks that being immoral goes against the rationality of human beings and lessens them to instinctual animals. He argues that by ignoring reason and logic, and tending to primal instincts, people lose their autonomy. Humans are the only creatures on earth that can willingly control passions and appetites and to ignore that capability is to animalistic

Kant- space and time Dotto

If people were to be unable to grasp the concept of space and time our world would be in chaos. Driving would be impossible because people would be unsure if their gas and brake pedals were in the same spot that they were a second ago. These imbasiles would jam on their brakes because they wouldnt know if they could drive past the path of someone that just walked across the street. The concept of space and time is as important and essential to our success as anything else.

Kant- synthetic a priori Dotto

For something to be analytic instead of synthetic is must be a priori knowledge, a general truth prior to an observation of it. I don't buy into Kant's "breakthrough" of synthetic a priori knowledge. Surely his logic is close but in order for someone to understand math, they must first grasp the concepts. Numbers are taught and learned so to overlook that we do not grasp numbers independent of observation is ridiculous.

Kant- synthetic knowledge Dotto

How much do we depend on synthetic knowledge? How much can we really rely on and trust our knowledge? If knowledge changes with new observations, does that mean the knowledge we take for granted could be wrong? If all of our knowledge is based on observation done by humans, who are largely imperfect themselves, that leads me to believe we could be living our lives with incorrect facts and misleading truths because the people who found them could have been wrong.

Kant- illusions Dotto

What I found very interesting about Kant's theory of illusions is that it is impossible for someone to know what anyone else is thinking or seeing in their mind. The general rule of greatness is to see if there is a superhero that has a certain ability. X-ray vision & flight- superman/ super strength- hulk/ etc... So if you look for a superhero with mind reading ability you'll find Prof. Xavier from Xmen. The thing that makes him so unique from regular humans is his supernatural ability to tap into the impossible and read the minds of others. Thus, proving that reading other people's minds is impossible in today's world.

call this shallow reasoning, but i'm willing to put this up for debate against the best of em :D

hume - section X

Miracles are a huge disbelief to this day. It does have a tie with religion in my opinion. Miracles are definately bending the laws of nature and seeming almost impossible at times. But there have been many past experiences of people surviving cancer or waking up from a coma. Events that have no explanation. Some people may call it luck but I believe in miracles. Hume argues that there is no reason to believe in such a thing. That most events that have taken place are in the testiment and are all told by word of mouth to this day. "Religion is based on faith, not reason." This statement is true in my eyes and I still see many people to believe in miracles even if most of them are in second hand experience.