Kant's T_Idealism-Empirical_Realism vs Indirect Realism

[Iwannaplato]

According to Kant there are three types of illusions;
-empirical illusions of the senses

Though I mention one of the others, I focused on perceptual illusions.

It seems like between Direct Realism and Indirect Realism there is 1) a difference in degree: illusions are in a sense endemic in indirect realism,while they are more exceptional in direct realism. 2) there would be some spectrum in indirect realism from merely mediated, to mediated in a very misleading way (illusion).

There is no difference in terms of the transcendental illusion between direct and indirect realism.
Both claim there is an absolutely mind-independent reality out there which exists regardless of whether there are human or not.
The difference is whether the "illusions" are mediated [IR] or not [DR].

I talked about this, though it's more complex than you go into here. And then there's antirealism....

If we go with Kant, the only possible illusion is when we think we are experiencing objective reality or a noumenon directly. But that's not really perception; it's more like how we think about our experience. Or?

According to Kant, transcendental illusions arise due to hypostatization and subreption where it is assumed there is a mind-independent reality beyond experience and the empirical.

I'm talking about perception, here. There cannot be perceptual illusions for Kant, because to consider something an illusion IN CONTRAST WITH OTHER phenomena would be an implict claim to knowing noumena's true nature.

So if we take a cliche
Perceptual Illusions: A simple illusion, like a stick appearing bent in water, would be an example of our mind organizing sensory input in a way that doesn’t match the object as it appears under different conditions (air vs. water). While the stick isn’t “bent” in the noumenal sense, our senses interpret it as such due to the way our perceptual apparatus works.

Kant cannot say that the bent image of the stick is any more an illusion than the image of the straight stick in one medium (for ex. air) Because that would imply we really know what the stick ding an sich is. For all we know it is bendy and straight in some inconceivable way for us.

The indirect realist and the direct realist decide that the two medium image is misleading about the object itself.

Kant recognizes the "bent stick" as an empirical illusion which can be easily exposed upon detail examinations to determine the empirical actual stick.

No, this is where you are confused. You are assuming, if you do this, that there is a persistant shape to the actual stick, the ding an sich. A Kantian can only say that in certain situations X will be experienced and in others Y. The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion.

You do not consider implications and what is entailed. And you do not notice how your common sense assumptions bias the way you interpret even Kant - a bias he often had himself, and it is something we all have to struggle with.

[Veritas Aequitas]

According to Kant there are three types of illusions;
-empirical illusions of the senses

Though I mention one of the others, I focused on perceptual illusions.

It seems like between Direct Realism and Indirect Realism there is 1) a difference in degree: illusions are in a sense endemic in indirect realism,while they are more exceptional in direct realism. 2) there would be some spectrum in indirect realism from merely mediated, to mediated in a very misleading way (illusion).

There is no difference in terms of the transcendental illusion between direct and indirect realism.
Both claim there is an absolutely mind-independent reality out there which exists regardless of whether there are human or not.
The difference is whether the "illusions" are mediated [IR] or not [DR].

I talked about this, though it's more complex than you go into here. And then there's antirealism....

If we go with Kant, the only possible illusion is when we think we are experiencing objective reality or a noumenon directly. But that's not really perception; it's more like how we think about our experience. Or?

According to Kant, transcendental illusions arise due to hypostatization and subreption where it is assumed there is a mind-independent reality beyond experience and the empirical.

I'm talking about perception, here. There cannot be perceptual illusions for Kant, because to consider something an illusion IN CONTRAST WITH OTHER phenomena would be an implicit claim to knowing noumena's true nature.

As I had stated, Kant recognized 3 types of illusions. Perceptual illusion is the same as empirical illusions, i.e. related to the senses.

I have already explained, i.e. there are 3 scenarios in a bent stick illusion for Kant;
1. the bent stick which is the perceptual illusion contrasted with,
2. the actual stick, the empirical stick which can be verified empirically by science.
in this case, Kant would differentiate the bent-stick which is the illusion from the actual empirical stick verifiable by science.
This contrast has nothing to do with the noumenal, there is no implicit noumenal.

You are missing this point.
3. In addition to the above, the philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] claimed there is an absolutely mind-independent stick that exists beyond the empirical stick, i.e. it exists regardless of whether there are humans or not.
This is the noumenal stick that philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] are claiming as real; Kant charge they are chasing an illusion.

So if we take a cliche
Perceptual Illusions: A simple illusion, like a stick appearing bent in water, would be an example of our mind organizing sensory input in a way that doesn’t match the object as it appears under different conditions (air vs. water). While the stick isn’t “bent” in the noumenal sense, our senses interpret it as such due to the way our perceptual apparatus works.

Kant cannot say that the bent image of the stick is any more an illusion than the image of the straight stick in one medium (for ex. air) Because that would imply we really know what the stick ding an sich is. For all we know it is bendy and straight in some inconceivable way for us.

The indirect realist and the direct realist decide that the two medium image is misleading about the object itself.

Kant recognizes the "bent stick" as an empirical illusion which can be easily exposed upon detail examinations to determine the empirical actual stick.

No, this is where you are confused. You are assuming, if you do this, that there is a persistent shape to the actual stick, the ding an sich. A Kantian can only say that in certain situations X will be experienced and in others Y. The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion.

You do not consider implications and what is entailed. And you do not notice how your common sense assumptions bias the way you interpret even Kant - a bias he often had himself, and it is something we all have to struggle with.

Where did you get the idea "The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion."
There is no such thing in Kant's text.

Say,
1. When a Kantian see a real stick out of water, he sees a real empirical stick.

2. When that same stick is inserted into a bowl, half-filled with water, the Kantian like all humans will see a bent-stick. This particular perception of a bent-stick is an perceptual illusion to the Kantian.
It is literally an illusion, i.e. an perceptual illusion as per science and psychology.
I don't understand how you would say, in this case,
"The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion."
There is no question of the noumenal stick at this point.

3.The question of the noumenal stick is significant when philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] claim there is an absolutely mind-independent stick out there that exists regardless of whether there are human or not.
This is a case of transcendental illusion, not perceptual illusion as in 2 above.

Can you understand [not necessary agree with] 1, 2 and 3?

When you insist,
"The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion." in the case of 2 above, there is some short-circuit in your thinking.

[Atla]

And this version of TI requires that the entire universe, with all the people in it, is happening in just one human-like universal mind, that also kinda splinters into many?

Meh - I'll just stick with common sense

[Iwannaplato]

As I had stated, Kant recognized 3 types of illusions. Perceptual illusion is the same as empirical illusions, i.e. related to the senses.

And there's no need to repeat it.

I have already explained, i.e. there are 3 scenarios in a bent stick illusion for Kant;
1. the bent stick which is the perceptual illusion contrasted with,
2. the actual stick, the empirical stick which can be verified empirically by science.
in this case, Kant would differentiate the bent-stick which is the illusion from the actual empirical stick verifiable by science.
This contrast has nothing to do with the noumenal, there is no implicit noumenal.

See, this kind of response doesn't actually interact with what I wrote. Both the bent stick AND the straight stick are experienced. Both are empirical. If you say one image is more correct, than you are saying that one percepiton of the noumenon is more l ike the noumenon. If you simply say how the stick appears in difference situations, then you are not.

You are missing this point.

Nope, you missed it.

3. In addition to the above, the philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] claimed there is an absolutely mind-independent stick that exists beyond the empirical stick, i.e. it exists regardless of whether there are humans or not.
This is the noumenal stick that philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] are claiming as real; Kant charge they are chasing an illusion.

What the realists think has nothing to do with the situation. I understand this backwards and forwards. yes, they think that, but I am not talking about realists.

So if we take a cliche
Perceptual Illusions: A simple illusion, like a stick appearing bent in water, would be an example of our mind organizing sensory input in a way that doesn’t match the object as it appears under different conditions (air vs. water). While the stick isn’t “bent” in the noumenal sense, our senses interpret it as such due to the way our perceptual apparatus works.

Kant cannot say that the bent image of the stick is any more an illusion than the image of the straight stick in one medium (for ex. air) Because that would imply we really know what the stick ding an sich is. For all we know it is bendy and straight in some inconceivable way for us.

The indirect realist and the direct realist decide that the two medium image is misleading about the object itself.

Kant recognizes the "bent stick" as an empirical illusion which can be easily exposed upon detail examinations to determine the empirical actual stick.

No, this is where you are confused. You are assuming, if you do this, that there is a persistent shape to the actual stick, the ding an sich. A Kantian can only say that in certain situations X will be experienced and in others Y. The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion.

You do not consider implications and what is entailed. And you do not notice how your common sense assumptions bias the way you interpret even Kant - a bias he often had himself, and it is something we all have to struggle with.

Where did you get the idea "The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion."
There is no such thing in Kant's text.

One day perhaps you will learn to 1) interact with what I write and 2) understand the concept of something being entailed, rather that said.

Say,
1. When a Kantian see a real stick out of water, he sees a real empirical stick.

2. When that same stick is inserted into a bowl, half-filled with water, the Kantian like all humans will see a bent-stick. This particular perception of a bent-stick is an perceptual illusion to the Kantian.

Look at what you just wrote. When it is out of the water the person will see the real stick. When it's in the water it is a perceptual illusion. What we have are two phenomena, both real in the Kantian sense. From a Kantian perspective, there's no "correct" perception of the stick in the noumenal sense—both are simply different phenomena. We may be more likely to see the stick a certain way, given how often we see sticks in water and air compared to how often we see them just in air. But one is not an illusion and the other real. This is actually very simple, quite antirealist, and quite Kantian. Your real vs. illusion schema is not taking Kant seriously.

It is literally an illusion, i.e. an perceptual illusion as per science and psychology.
I don't understand how you would say, in this case,

Yes, you don't understand.

"The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion."
There is no question of the noumenal stick at this point.

As long as you treat both as phenomena, both equally real. Everytime two media are involved the phenomenon will be like X. Every time there is one, air for example, the phenomenon will be Y. No illusion, simply two phenomena.

When you insist,
"The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion." in the case of 2 above, there is some short-circuit in your thinking.

Here's the thing VA. When I write and communicate about things I can get feedback from other people, including criticism and I can learn from this. But you are living in an isolated bubble. You don't know certain basic things - such as what it means to entail something or what it means to actually interact with other people's ideas. I am sure you will continue to ignore that these problems exist in your and since you do not have ongoing discussions and feedback from professors or peers such that you actually are pressed to interact with their ideas or take them seriously, there is a real problem in your ability to learn from anyone you disagree with.

You did not counter any point in my post. You simply asserted stuff.

[Veritas Aequitas]

As I had stated, Kant recognized 3 types of illusions. Perceptual illusion is the same as empirical illusions, i.e. related to the senses.

And there's no need to repeat it.

I have already explained, i.e. there are 3 scenarios in a bent stick illusion for Kant;
1. the bent stick which is the perceptual illusion contrasted with,
2. the actual stick, the empirical stick which can be verified empirically by science.
in this case, Kant would differentiate the bent-stick which is the illusion from the actual empirical stick verifiable by science.
This contrast has nothing to do with the noumenal, there is no implicit noumenal.

See, this kind of response doesn't actually interact with what I wrote. Both the bent stick AND the straight stick are experienced. Both are empirical. If you say one image is more correct, than you are saying that one percepiton of the noumenon is more like the noumenon. If you simply say how the stick appears in difference situations, then you are not.

I never said, one image is more correct than the others and there is no basis to bring in the noumenon at all in this case.

Yes both bent-stick and strait stick are experienced, both are empirical.
1. The strait stick is conventionally [science] real.
2. The bent stick is an empirical illusion relative to 1 above.
There is no relevance for the idea of noumenon in this case.

The 'noumenon' is a Kantian term, and that you are not that familiar with Kant's actual work land you in a position of not giving you the competence to state the right thing here.

I am sure you are speaking off tangent in relation to the noumenon in this case.

You are missing this point.

Nope, you missed it.

You think so, but you are not in alignment with what Kant's noumenon is.

3. In addition to the above, the philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] claimed there is an absolutely mind-independent stick that exists beyond the empirical stick, i.e. it exists regardless of whether there are humans or not.
This is the noumenal stick that philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] are claiming as real; Kant charge they are chasing an illusion.

What the realists think has nothing to do with the situation. I understand this backwards and forwards. yes, they think that, but I am not talking about realists.

If you want to talk about noumenon and illusion, then we have to bring in the philosophical realists.

So if we take a cliche
Perceptual Illusions: A simple illusion, like a stick appearing bent in water, would be an example of our mind organizing sensory input in a way that doesn’t match the object as it appears under different conditions (air vs. water). While the stick isn’t “bent” in the noumenal sense, our senses interpret it as such due to the way our perceptual apparatus works.

Kant cannot say that the bent image of the stick is any more an illusion than the image of the straight stick in one medium (for ex. air) Because that would imply we really know what the stick ding an sich is. For all we know it is bendy and straight in some inconceivable way for us.

The indirect realist and the direct realist decide that the two medium image is misleading about the object itself.

Kant recognizes the "bent stick" as an empirical illusion which can be easily exposed upon detail examinations to determine the empirical actual stick.

No, this is where you are confused. You are assuming, if you do this, that there is a persistent shape to the actual stick, the ding an sich. A Kantian can only say that in certain situations X will be experienced and in others Y. The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion.

You do not consider implications and what is entailed. And you do not notice how your common sense assumptions bias the way you interpret even Kant - a bias he often had himself, and it is something we all have to struggle with.

Where did you get the idea "The Kantian cannot say one perception is an illusion."
There is no such thing in Kant's text.

One day perhaps you will learn to 1) interact with what I write and 2) understand the concept of something being entailed, rather that said.

I don't understand what you are trying to get at.
Until you communicate it correctly, my point is, for Kant there are 3 types of illusion, i.e. empirical [perceptual], logical, and transcendental.
I don't think you understand what a transcendental illusion is which is only referenced to the noumenon and thing-in-itself.

As far as this OP is concern the philosophical realists [DR, IR and others] are chasing a noumenal [transcendental] illusion.

[Atla]

Strawman.

ChatGpt refers to Transcendental_Idealism-Empirical Realism [TI-ER] in complementary not just TI alone.

In the ChatGpt quotes,
the charge is that IR [& philosophical] merely assume an absolutely mind-independent reality and noumenal objects.
Thus in claiming such assumptions as real is chasing illusions.

Transcendental_Idealism - Empirical Realism claims what-is-real is what is experienced, seen, observed empirically. There is no assumptions regarding what is real.

I honestly think that you know nothing.

Kant subsumed empirical realism within transcendental idealism. To make them compatible, did Kant have to posit some noumenal things: noumenal objective reality, noumenal objects, noumenal other minds with the same mental faculties? Summary only.

Yes, Kant's framework involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism. According to Kant, empirical realism asserts that we can have genuine knowledge of the world as it appears (phenomena), while transcendental idealism holds that this world is shaped by the mind's faculties and does not reflect things as they are in themselves (noumena).

Kant does not claim direct knowledge of noumenal things but suggests that noumenal reality must exist as a necessary condition for the possibility of empirical experience. This includes:

Noumenal objective reality: The existence of a reality beyond appearances that grounds the empirical world.
Noumenal objects: Things-in-themselves that correspond to phenomena but are not accessible to human cognition.
Noumenal other minds: The assumption that other rational beings exist with similar cognitive structures, making shared empirical experiences possible.
These noumenal entities serve as the grounding for the empirical world, though we can only understand them indirectly through their effects on our experiences.

[Veritas Aequitas]

Strawman.
ChatGpt refers to Transcendental_Idealism-Empirical Realism [TI-ER] in complementary not just TI alone.

In the ChatGpt quotes,
the charge is that IR [& philosophical] merely assume an absolutely mind-independent reality and noumenal objects.
Thus in claiming such assumptions as real is chasing illusions.

Transcendental_Idealism - Empirical Realism claims what-is-real is what is experienced, seen, observed empirically. There is no assumptions regarding what is real.

I honestly think that you know nothing.

You are an ultracrepidarian gnat who think you know everything.
You have a handicap in not knowing Kant's CPR fully and thoroughly but act as if you are a Kantian expert.

I discussed, presented your point below to ChatGpt and countered it:

Kant subsumed empirical realism within transcendental idealism. To make them compatible, did Kant have to posit some noumenal things: noumenal objective reality, noumenal objects, noumenal other minds with the same mental faculties? Summary only.

Yes, Kant's framework involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism. According to Kant, empirical realism asserts that we can have genuine knowledge of the world as it appears (phenomena), while transcendental idealism holds that this world is shaped by the mind's faculties and does not reflect things as they are in themselves (noumena).

Kant does not claim direct knowledge of noumenal things but suggests that noumenal reality must exist as a necessary condition for the possibility of empirical experience. This includes:

Noumenal objective reality: The existence of a reality beyond appearances that grounds the empirical world.
Noumenal objects: Things-in-themselves that correspond to phenomena but are not accessible to human cognition.
Noumenal other minds: The assumption that other rational beings exist with similar cognitive structures, making shared empirical experiences possible.
These noumenal entities serve as the grounding for the empirical world, though we can only understand them indirectly through their effects on our experiences.

Here's my counter to ChatGpt:

It seem the below point is not compatible with Kant's TI-ER:
[ChatGpt] "that noumenal reality must exist as a necessary condition for the possibility of empirical experience. "

For possible empirical experience, what is critical is the transcendental deduction of the categories plus apperception and the various principles.
There is no necessity for a noumenal reality to ground possible experience.

Where is the noumenal comes in when philosophical realists [including direct and indirect realists] "subrept" and hypostatize subjective elements as objective beyond experience.
Kant accept this process but only if taken on a regulative basis [an ideal] that guide and facilitate morality and others.

Thus, Kant's framework do not involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism.

Here's ChatGpt's Response:

Your critique of the ChatGPT response is well-placed.
Kant's Transcendental Idealism and Empirical Realism (TI-ER) indeed do not require positing a noumenal reality as a "necessary condition" for empirical experience.
Instead, as you rightly pointed out, Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, along with apperception and other principles, provides the necessary framework for making sense of experience.

The suggestion that noumenal reality must exist to ground empirical experience conflates Kant's position with something more akin to a realist perspective.
For Kant, noumena are not directly accessible or necessary for our empirical knowledge; rather, they function as limiting concepts (regulative ideals) that remind us of the bounds of our cognition. The framework that enables empirical realism is internal to the mind's structure (categories and forms of intuition like space and time), not grounded in an external noumenal reality.

Your distinction, emphasizing that Kant allows for the use of noumenal concepts on a regulative basis in practical reason (e.g., morality), aligns much better with Kant's intended separation between phenomena and noumena.
This shows that the positing of noumenal entities like noumenal objects or noumenal minds as conditions for empirical experience is not accurate in Kant's philosophy.
Instead, they are hypothetical ideals rather than ontological necessities.

There is not even once where you relied on ChatGpt to counter my views that you are right.
Every time you countered with ChatGpt, I have to highlight the true view and ChatGpt always agree with me because I am presenting the true view from a good and thoroughly understanding of Kant's CPR.

[Veritas Aequitas]

@Atla:

There is not even once where you relied on ChatGpt to counter my views that you are right.
Every time you countered with ChatGpt, I have to highlight the true view and ChatGpt always agree with me because I am presenting the true view from a good and thoroughly understanding of Kant's CPR.

The conclusion of this thread is ChatGpt's:

These arguments show why Kant's TI-ER is more rational and practical than Indirect Realism, not only from within Kant’s own framework but from a broader general perspective of how we engage with and understand the world.

Points 1-3
viewtopic.php?p=734605#p734605

Points 4-5
viewtopic.php?p=734609#p734609
detailed as below

If you don't want to embarrass your self again and again I suggest you read up Kant's CPR to understand [not necessary agree with] it thoroughly.
In this case, you are like a kindergarten kid trying to present yourself and argue as if you are a PhD on the subject on hand.

Again as the final nail:

These arguments show why Kant's TI-ER is more rational and practical than Indirect Realism, not only from within Kant’s own framework but from a broader general perspective of how we engage with and understand the world.

[Atla]

Strawman.
ChatGpt refers to Transcendental_Idealism-Empirical Realism [TI-ER] in complementary not just TI alone.

In the ChatGpt quotes,
the charge is that IR [& philosophical] merely assume an absolutely mind-independent reality and noumenal objects.
Thus in claiming such assumptions as real is chasing illusions.

Transcendental_Idealism - Empirical Realism claims what-is-real is what is experienced, seen, observed empirically. There is no assumptions regarding what is real.

I honestly think that you know nothing.

You are an ultracrepidarian gnat who think you know everything.
You have a handicap in not knowing Kant's CPR fully and thoroughly but act as if you are a Kantian expert.

I discussed, presented your point below to ChatGpt and countered it:

Kant subsumed empirical realism within transcendental idealism. To make them compatible, did Kant have to posit some noumenal things: noumenal objective reality, noumenal objects, noumenal other minds with the same mental faculties? Summary only.

Yes, Kant's framework involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism. According to Kant, empirical realism asserts that we can have genuine knowledge of the world as it appears (phenomena), while transcendental idealism holds that this world is shaped by the mind's faculties and does not reflect things as they are in themselves (noumena).

Kant does not claim direct knowledge of noumenal things but suggests that noumenal reality must exist as a necessary condition for the possibility of empirical experience. This includes:

Noumenal objective reality: The existence of a reality beyond appearances that grounds the empirical world.
Noumenal objects: Things-in-themselves that correspond to phenomena but are not accessible to human cognition.
Noumenal other minds: The assumption that other rational beings exist with similar cognitive structures, making shared empirical experiences possible.
These noumenal entities serve as the grounding for the empirical world, though we can only understand them indirectly through their effects on our experiences.

Here's my counter to ChatGpt:

It seem the below point is not compatible with Kant's TI-ER:
[ChatGpt] "that noumenal reality must exist as a necessary condition for the possibility of empirical experience. "

For possible empirical experience, what is critical is the transcendental deduction of the categories plus apperception and the various principles.
There is no necessity for a noumenal reality to ground possible experience.

Where is the noumenal comes in when philosophical realists [including direct and indirect realists] "subrept" and hypostatize subjective elements as objective beyond experience.
Kant accept this process but only if taken on a regulative basis [an ideal] that guide and facilitate morality and others.

Thus, Kant's framework do not involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism.

Here's ChatGpt's Response:

Your critique of the ChatGPT response is well-placed.
Kant's Transcendental Idealism and Empirical Realism (TI-ER) indeed do not require positing a noumenal reality as a "necessary condition" for empirical experience.
Instead, as you rightly pointed out, Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, along with apperception and other principles, provides the necessary framework for making sense of experience.

The suggestion that noumenal reality must exist to ground empirical experience conflates Kant's position with something more akin to a realist perspective.
For Kant, noumena are not directly accessible or necessary for our empirical knowledge; rather, they function as limiting concepts (regulative ideals) that remind us of the bounds of our cognition. The framework that enables empirical realism is internal to the mind's structure (categories and forms of intuition like space and time), not grounded in an external noumenal reality.

Your distinction, emphasizing that Kant allows for the use of noumenal concepts on a regulative basis in practical reason (e.g., morality), aligns much better with Kant's intended separation between phenomena and noumena.
This shows that the positing of noumenal entities like noumenal objects or noumenal minds as conditions for empirical experience is not accurate in Kant's philosophy.
Instead, they are hypothetical ideals rather than ontological necessities.

There is not even once where you relied on ChatGpt to counter my views that you are right.
Every time you countered with ChatGpt, I have to highlight the true view and ChatGpt always agree with me because I am presenting the true view from a good and thoroughly understanding of Kant's CPR.

I myself didn't say that positing noumena is absolutely necessary, YOUR QUOTES talked about positing stuff although they also didn't say absolutely necessary.

You fucking idiot.

Again: if we are totally against positing noumena, then we run into solipsism. Because then there is nothing beyond the appearances of your debil mind. You are an idiot solipsist and insist Kant was too.

[Atla]

@Atla:

There is not even once where you relied on ChatGpt to counter my views that you are right.
Every time you countered with ChatGpt, I have to highlight the true view and ChatGpt always agree with me because I am presenting the true view from a good and thoroughly understanding of Kant's CPR.

The conclusion of this thread is ChatGpt's:

These arguments show why Kant's TI-ER is more rational and practical than Indirect Realism, not only from within Kant’s own framework but from a broader general perspective of how we engage with and understand the world.

Points 1-3
viewtopic.php?p=734605#p734605

Points 4-5
viewtopic.php?p=734609#p734609
detailed as below

If you don't want to embarrass your self again and again I suggest you read up Kant's CPR to understand [not necessary agree with] it thoroughly.
In this case, you are like a kindergarten kid trying to present yourself and argue as if you are a PhD on the subject on hand.

Again as the final nail:

These arguments show why Kant's TI-ER is more rational and practical than Indirect Realism, not only from within Kant’s own framework but from a broader general perspective of how we engage with and understand the world.

I've shown that IR is more rational both scientifically and philosophically. You lost again. Now fuck off.

[Veritas Aequitas]

Atla to ChatGpt wrote:
Kant subsumed empirical realism within transcendental idealism. To make them compatible, did Kant have to posit some noumenal things: noumenal objective reality, noumenal objects, noumenal other minds with the same mental faculties? Summary only.

ChatGpt to Atla wrote:
Yes, Kant's framework involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism.

I myself didn't say that positing noumena is absolutely necessary, YOUR QUOTES talked about positing stuff although they also didn't say absolutely necessary.

You fucking idiot.

Resorting to vulgarities indicate subconsciously you are bashed and defeated.
I suggest you refrain from vulgarities to avoid a tit-for-tat or you risked being banned.
I see you as a useful ignoramus to refresh my knowledge.

You are a blatant liar, see the above,
you are the one who used the term 'posit' and ChatGpt's agreement to it without your comments of it imply you agree with it.

Again: if we are totally against positing noumena, then we run into solipsism. Because then there is nothing beyond the appearances of your debil mind. You are an idiot solipsist and insist Kant was too.

ChatGpt already explained how without positing the noumena as a real constitutive thing do not entail solipsism within Kant TI-ER. The above posts again.

The noumena can only be used regulatively which at best a fiction, illusion, albeit useful fiction.
It is like Kant agreed one can create superheroes, like superman, batman, etc. but cannot claim they are real and possible to be experienced as real living entities.

[Veritas Aequitas]

@Atla:

There is not even once where you relied on ChatGpt to counter my views that you are right.
Every time you countered with ChatGpt, I have to highlight the true view and ChatGpt always agree with me because I am presenting the true view from a good and thoroughly understanding of Kant's CPR.

The conclusion of this thread is ChatGpt's:

These arguments show why Kant's TI-ER is more rational and practical than Indirect Realism, not only from within Kant’s own framework but from a broader general perspective of how we engage with and understand the world.

Points 1-3
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Points 4-5
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detailed as below

If you don't want to embarrass your self again and again I suggest you read up Kant's CPR to understand [not necessary agree with] it thoroughly.
In this case, you are like a kindergarten kid trying to present yourself and argue as if you are a PhD on the subject on hand.

Again as the final nail:

These arguments show why Kant's TI-ER is more rational and practical than Indirect Realism, not only from within Kant’s own framework but from a broader general perspective of how we engage with and understand the world.

I've shown that IR is more rational both scientifically and philosophically. You lost again. Now fuck off.

It is obvious, resorting to vulgarities indicates subconsciously you are bashed and defeated.

[Atla]

Atla to ChatGpt wrote:
Kant subsumed empirical realism within transcendental idealism. To make them compatible, did Kant have to posit some noumenal things: noumenal objective reality, noumenal objects, noumenal other minds with the same mental faculties? Summary only.

ChatGpt to Atla wrote:
Yes, Kant's framework involves positing noumenal realities to make empirical realism compatible with transcendental idealism.

I myself didn't say that positing noumena is absolutely necessary, YOUR QUOTES talked about positing stuff although they also didn't say absolutely necessary.

You fucking idiot.

Resorting to vulgarities indicate subconsciously you are bashed and defeated.
I suggest you refrain from vulgarities to avoid a tit-for-tat or you risked being banned.
I see you as a useful ignoramus to refresh my knowledge.

You are a blatant liar, see the above,
you are the one who used the term 'posit' and ChatGpt's agreement to it without your comments of it imply you agree with it.

Again: if we are totally against positing noumena, then we run into solipsism. Because then there is nothing beyond the appearances of your debil mind. You are an idiot solipsist and insist Kant was too.

ChatGpt already explained how without positing the noumena as a real constitutive thing do not entail solipsism within Kant TI-ER. The above posts again.

The noumena can only be used regulatively which at best a fiction, illusion, albeit useful fiction.
It is like Kant agreed one can create superheroes, like superman, batman, etc. but cannot claim they are real and possible to be experienced as real living entities.

No, we can't avoid solipsism when we don't posit noumena. That was just Kant's great lie to save his bankrupt system. ChatGPT merely repeats that, but can't actually argue for it.

[Atla]

@Atla:

There is not even once where you relied on ChatGpt to counter my views that you are right.
Every time you countered with ChatGpt, I have to highlight the true view and ChatGpt always agree with me because I am presenting the true view from a good and thoroughly understanding of Kant's CPR.

The conclusion of this thread is ChatGpt's:



Points 1-3
viewtopic.php?p=734605#p734605

Points 4-5
viewtopic.php?p=734609#p734609
detailed as below

If you don't want to embarrass your self again and again I suggest you read up Kant's CPR to understand [not necessary agree with] it thoroughly.
In this case, you are like a kindergarten kid trying to present yourself and argue as if you are a PhD on the subject on hand.

Again as the final nail:

I've shown that IR is more rational both scientifically and philosophically. You lost again. Now fuck off.

It is obvious, resorting to vulgarities indicates subconsciously you are bashed and defeated.

I 'won' like 5 years ago after the first few comments. How many times do I have to tell you? But I really got tired of your total incompetence and idiocy now so fuck off.

[Veritas Aequitas]

I've shown that IR is more rational both scientifically and philosophically. You lost again. Now fuck off.

It is obvious, resorting to vulgarities indicates subconsciously you are bashed and defeated.

I 'won' like 5 years ago after the first few comments. How many times do I have to tell you? But I really got tired of your total incompetence and idiocy now so fuck off.

You are always on wishful thinking trip about some past events which did not happen.

Seriously, I am very interested, I suggest you make an attempt to summarize 'your win' in a new thread so I can bashed it to the ground like this thread.
Do it quickly before you get banned.