What we know for sure is 'we don't know

What we know for sure is 'we don't know'

When my son entered high school, he asked me about Michael Sandel's 'Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?' and Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason.' He handed me a book by Professor Kim Sang-hyun on 'Kant's Critique of Pure Reason,' saying it was difficult. Inside, I thought, 'Well, this might be a bit tough for you...' and picked up the book with the thought of meeting Kant again after a long time. Everything was fine until halfway through, but then my head started to ache.

Life is like a shadow play. What is warm water to one person may be hot to another and lukewarm to someone else. Humans think and experience egocentrically. Plato likened those who only see shadows inside a cave to living beings who live by illusion rather than essence. This is similar to Eastern Taoism and Buddhist philosophy.

Encountering David Hume's Empiricism led Kant to ponder the errors of reason, leading to the birth of critical philosophy, which integrates rationalism and empiricism on the criticism of our sensory abilities.

Does time and the universe have an end? If there is plenty of time and a need for conversation, why did God create evil? Is time and the universe infinite? Does the soul exist? Discuss these metaphysical phenomena. Can humans make rational judgments about such matters?

Descartes said time and space exist inherently and are infinite. However, Kant said that we perceive time and space as infinite because we perceive them as objects. In other words, humans cannot know whether time and the universe are finite or infinite; it is just what we believe.

What we can be sure of is that we don't know. Humans never go beyond their intuitive way of thinking to perceive or understand objects themselves. Humans cannot see things themselves; they only see phenomena. In the world of one-dimensional lines, we cannot know what is beyond the line. In the world of two-dimensional planes, we cannot know the space above it. In the three-dimensional world where ordinary people live, we can never know anything beyond the fourth dimension. Kant referred to humans as 'those who seek divine truth but cannot obtain it.' He called it fate. #Whatweknow #forsure #wedon'tknow