Friday, November 7, 2014

No Wonder Kant Died a Virgin

The conception of noumena as presented by Kant ultimately emphasizes a positive function insofar as the extension of thinking beyond merely consideration of what objective purposes apparent, sensible objects possess, enables humans to envision potential objects (better yet, phenomena) that could exist outside of currently recognized phenomena. This delimiting feature of noumena essentially allows for people to navigate the scope of their imaginations, and perhaps in a theoretically unlimited fashion, to the extent that they can imagine inventions or new objects, especially technology or phenomena that have yet to be discovered on account of man's geographical and subterranean lack of exploration, as well as deficiencies regarding instruments of science. Employing certain objects or inventions of the noumena, which only appeared in the mind and outside of external and sensible phenomena beforehand, can certainly possess a nature tantamount to utility, or actual existence that would therefore attain inclusion in a category, or recognition as a phenomenon proven a priori in synthetic fashion.
It moreover makes sense how attempting to conceive what objects are in themselves can serve a significant role in terms of judging how much of something can be known pertaining to what it is like in itself, or how new devices or approaches can be applied singly or together as a means to discover the essential properties of objects to varying degrees of dissection, and perhaps infinitesimally small degrees in some cases. Speaking of infinitesimally diminutive dissections, there is certainly an eventual terminal point at which the operations, utilities, as well as physical and perhaps subatomic properties of objects of sensible experience (or objects that become incorporated into the sensible realm) can be broken down prior to dissolution. In that case, a literal limiting apparatus of calculation and profoundly miniaturized visualization consistent with the noumena could be extremely helpful as far as determining or realizing essential limits are concerned.
By declaring the noumena to be the realm of pure intellect and thought devoid of corresponding physical objects (at least upon initial reflection), utilizing the practical component of imagination and hypothesizing--which could plausibly appear as premonitory or rigorously arrived-at intuitions--amounting to an arguably unmitigated capacity to explore the possibilities of dissection, potential functions, and technology that could be applied to such dissection and understanding of objects as they are in themselves, could serve a practical and significant purpose in light of the capability for synthetic a priori knowledge to appear in the pure intellect of the noumena prior to incorporation of such knowledge into a category of sensible phenomena. On the other hand, if experiences of the human mind were merely based on interpretation and subsequent manipulation of phenomena, then scientific and technological progress, as well as cultural richness, which is derived from the indispensable necessity of the noumena with regards to creative/artistic productions, would arguably be severely stunted and diluted because of the absence of practically legitimate insights derived from noumenal intuitions, in addition to visions of theoretically unlimited imaginations that ultimately might yield practical purposes, and quite possibly to significant degrees that life solely revolving upon phenomena might never construe.

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