Position
Transcendental Realism
Space and time belong to things as they are in themselves, independently of how we sense them.
Classification
- Position level
- specific
- Domains
- Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind
Overview
Kant uses this name for the view opposed to transcendental idealism. It treats objects in space and time as things in themselves, not as appearances whose spatiotemporal form depends on the way human beings sense them.
Position on
Broader position
Rival positions
- Transcendental Idealism
Question scope: Space, Time, and Experience
References
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Kant's Transcendental Idealism, section 1.1
- Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, A369