• Erus Staud
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    Kant said that Space and time aren't a priori concepts , because they are caracterised with singularity , and every spaces that may exist in any world is a part of the Space , which makes it one , same for time , every times that may exist in any world is part of one time , all synchronized , Which leads him to say that Time and Space are a priori form of intuitions , because time is an "Inner sense" he claims ,and space is an "outer sense" he adds .
    What made me wonder about that ,is that , what he said is analogous to what classical physics say about that , especially Newton , he also believed in the absolute time and space(not sure about space) . But , Einstein said that time is relative , traveling near the speed of light reduce the time , if my terms are right , it slows time. So Time is relative.
    So my question is , If Kant tried to answer Hume scepticism about the objective knowledge ,and what involves from scientific concepts " Time and Space".
    Firstly, is my comparaison right , it is , from my part irrational to compare different ideas from different eras , and comparing it also to what science says?
    Secondly , Are synthetical and analytical truths are primordial for understanding what the world is alike and what it seems to use ?
  • schopenhauer1
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    You Kant, handle the truth!!

    Ok carry on..
  • tim wood
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    from my part irrational to compare different ideas from different erasErus Staud

    This is where you've got it, although "irrational" is a little strong and a lot wrong. The real key is understanding. Kant was giving an account of how (he thought) scientific thinking worked. He erred in thinking that the thought he was describing was universally and necessarily so. In fact it represented how scientific thinking worked from about Galileo's to his own era. His error was in supposing that his conclusions were conclusive for all time. Throwing out his thinking because of this error is very much a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The real significance of his thinking is understanding its place in the history of scientific thinking - and to be sure, it still has a significant place in that thinking.
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