Warunki możliwości poznania skończonego według Immanuela Kanta

Abstract

This article is an attempt at a description in support of “The Critique of Pure Reason” – Kantian conception of finite cognition and its conditions. In reference to cognition, the fundamental question set by Kant concerned the conditions of its possibility. The formulation of conditions of every possible cognition as the cognition finite in its nature is analyzed as the cognition which possesses two sources: intuition and intellect. According to Kant, the finite cognition concerns exclusively man and critique of such cognition depends on the determination of subjective conditions of finite cognition, which means it concerns answers to two questions. Firstly, what are the conditions of the finiteness of human cognition. Secondly, what it concerns in the objective sense of thing. It needs to be kept in mind that Kant is not interested the perfection of such cognition because it should be established with a definition. The man in a natural way is able to use cognitive instruments suitable for his nature and according to t hem he creates and forms objective content which prosecutes to him “from the outside” (from experience with the help of senses) as cognitive content, the final result is knowledge.