In the preface of
“Critique of Pure Reason”, at page B XVI, I interpret that part
as that in order to think in the way of metaphysics, and not the
traditional way as science goes, one would have to approach it quite
the different way. If I understand correctly, instead of perceiving
objects through cognition in the traditional way in order to find out
something about them, somehow be aware of the object with
help of intuition, which should be impossible as far as science and I
guess reality goes because you would need to know the object before
you can interpret it through your senses (unless some experience have
been gained through cognition prior to that, where one could use the
intuition to determine the object). The text continues with a further
reasoning on a possible way to do that, where I lose myself a bit in
the text, but as I try to understand, one should turn things around. The author refers to Copernicus and how he turned things around in the explanation of celestial motions, and while I did understand that, I could not figure out the same way with intuition and objects. I do not think I understand this thouroghly, why I
look forward to the seminar.
As for the text part where
Socrates and Theaetetus are discussing the difference between
perceiving through and with senses, my intrepretation is that the
senses are merely tools where the mind is the centre and connector of
the perceived. But it also appears that mind itself can perceive
things by its own, such as how you differentiate things. I looked up
the word empiricsm in an encyclopedia (more precisely Wikipedia), and
while I am not entirely sure, the similarities seems to be in the way
that we collect information through our senses and thus do not base our
conclusions on theorys and the like. However, the difference might be
that the mind in which Theaetetus mentioned, is doing perceptions by
its own (and I wonder whether that could be intrepreted as theorys),
and that does not seem to belong in empiriscm.
Some keywords I looked
up/paid some extra attention to while reading: A priori, Metaphysics
and Empiriscm.
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