Single Idea 23697

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism]

Full Idea

I exist as an intelligence that is merely conscious of its faculty for combination.

Gist of Idea

I exist just as an intelligence aware of its faculty for combination

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B158)

Book Reference

Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.260


A Reaction

[plucked from a complex context!] This thought seems to have its origins in Hume's account of associations, and is a fairly accurate piece of introspection, I would say. I could think of my Self simply as the thing which unites some diverse experiences.