CHAPTER VI

RISE OF GERMAN IDEALISM

Importance, for the mechanical view, of Locke's theory of knowledge. Weakness of speculative philosophy. Rise of the "critical" philosophy. Kant. He seeks to solve the problem: How is knowledge possible? Kant's view of the mind's function in knowledge. Mechanism a "form of thought," subjective not objective. Kant's view of reality. Can we know reality? The two worlds 52

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