Note, I stated there is no 'something of substance at all' i.e. 'substance' as in;bahman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:36 amYou mentioned that "With reference to Kant's noumenon or thing-in-itself, there is no-something of substance at all". Now you are saying that it is something. Could we please focus on Kant instead of your FSK?Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:42 amThat is a strawman.
I did not say there is no reality.
What is reality [ultimate] is not something that is not recognizable, and that there is something [absolutely] mind independent and you cannot tell exactly what it is.
Whatever is reality is contingent upon a specific collective-of-subjects, human-based framework and system [FS], which range from common sense to the most credible and objective, i.e. the scientific FS.
One can know exactly what is reality but must be qualified to a specific human-based FS.
So, we are not a brain-in-a-vat. We have and know we are in reality [as defined above] and that is verifiable and justifiable from the common sense FS to the most credible and objective, i.e. the scientific FS.
Obviously there are things or something, but it is not a thing re substance theory of which you are claiming upon.Substance theory, or substance–attribute theory, is an ontological theory positing that objects are constituted each by a substance and properties borne by the substance but distinct from it. In this role, a substance can be referred to as a substratum or a thing-in-itself.[1][2] Substances are particulars that are ontologically independent: they are able to exist all by themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_theory
According to Kant, whatever is a thing [empirically real] it is contingent upon a human-based FS, e.g. science, mathematics, language, social, economics, etc.