how does Kant defend his belief that human beings canhave knowledge of the world derived from the source other

Question

How does Kant defend his belief that human beings can have certain knowledge of the world that is derived from asource other than that of our direct experience of the world?
Answer in atleast 4 pages.

Answer 1

You didn't study that chapter either? We're both in trouble, I think.

Answer 2

He believes there are a priori categories, which are knowledge under which the world can be understood to us.

These forms are innate to humans and define the form our knowledge takes.

These include the truths of mathematics, the concept of time and the axioms of geometry.
Mathematics is derived from time because counting can be derived by the idea of succession: 1,2,3,4...
Geometry is derived from the concept of space and how we can imagine forms filling that space. Mathematics then gets added on in what is called synthetic reasoning.

This is the basis. It should help you make sense of the texts.
You're going to have to do the rest yourself. I've already got my philosophy B.A, thank you very much. Now, you earn yours.

Answer 3

This looks like an end of term paper for someone that really hasn't been able to pick up on the differences between Descartes and Kant, oops, there went a big clue, and Descartes is a lot easier to understand!

Answer 4

First, let me say that I have grown to have a disdain for slackers. I have seen enough dilatory students to last me for two or three lifetimes. Now there is one thing that I do not understand about your question. Kant argues that rational or moral agents can think noumena (Dinge an sich) but they cannot know things as they are in themselves or noumena. Therefore, while I agree with the person who has earned a B.A. in philosophy, your use of the word "certain" for Kant as his epistemology pertains to noumena seems suspect. For all we ever know--says Kant--are appearances or phenomena, bot noumena. But he does posit synthetic a priori propositions and universal categories of understanding, which is what you may have in mind.