Kan't Method

            Kant’s method so far has been one of the clearest methods that we have gone through so far. His method lays out exactly what he is thinking in a fluid way. If you have a question about a term, he answers it in the following sentence. The only other philosopher we read that was anywhere close to this was Hobbes in Leviathan, but his method was not as clear.

            For a book that is so clear and so planned and so well laid-out, I have had the hardest time understanding this text. While reading, I see his definitions, I even see some of his broader ideas like a priori, but I still feel like I miss so much of what he is saying. All the parts are there, but sometimes the connections seem hazy to me. This could be due to the fact that I have to fully understand each idea to fully understand the next or the connections could not be there. At this point, his reasoning and logic seems fairly clear enough, so hidden somewhere in this text is probably the connecting thread that I am missing. Also, skipping around in the book may be leaving out some parts of the connection, but even then he is thorough enough in each individual part that you can understand what happened before.

            Kant has so far been one of my favorite modern philosopher and am eager to read more and so try to follow his train of thought.