We started off talking about other opinions of Kant’s philosophy and the reactions to it, such as the fact that it has been seen as an attack on epistemology (the theory of knowledge). He challenges the existence of God throughout his work. The most important ideas that he discussed were phenomenal and nuomenal worlds, moral laws (which he thinks should be seen as universal - don’t do anything that you would not want everyone else to do). He is a rationalist, meaning that he believes in a mixture of the ideas that the mind knows everything a priori and that the mind is a blank slate and everything is learnt from experience. It is logical that our knowledge is the result of a mix of innate instincts, learning from experience and our environment. I personally believe that our knowledge is also effected by the way that people react to us.
We talked about how Hegel influenced Marx, who we will be looking at in a couple of weeks. He was a staunch nationalist and much of his philosophy was based on the Greek system of triads. This is especially clear in his theory on theses, antitheses and syntheses. We also talked about his Dialectical theory that everything is always becoming and changing. This brought about discussion about what causes change; the universe, nature or a God? I believe that nature drives change, but i have no idea what drives nature.
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