http://www.theverandah.org theverandah.org Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:09:13 +0000 http://www.theverandah.org en http://theverandah.org/Indian-Express http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Indian-Express Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:09:13 +0000 theverandah.org 2795267 http://theverandah.org/Going-Dutch http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Going-Dutch Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:49:15 +0000 theverandah.org 2794838 http://theverandah.org/Processing http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Processing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:30:39 +0000 theverandah.org 2794735 http://theverandah.org/Express http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Express Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:49 +0000 theverandah.org 2794700 http://theverandah.org/At-Vermilion http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/At-Vermilion Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:05:51 +0000 theverandah.org 2794591 http://theverandah.org/Re-Designing-Currency http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Re-Designing-Currency Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:02:16 +0000 theverandah.org 2794573 http://theverandah.org/Book-Cover-Design http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Book-Cover-Design Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:59:31 +0000 theverandah.org 2794535 http://theverandah.org/Hegel-example http://theverandah.org/following/theverandah.org/Hegel-example Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:27:28 +0000 theverandah.org 2234416 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/164796/2234416/messung1_905.gif" border="0" width="670" height="780" width_o="670" height_o="780" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/164796/2234416/messung1_905_o.gif" align="left" /> The same would hold for all other properties of thinking beings. Since Kant also sometimes viewed immortality, i.e., personal continuity beyond death, as a foundation of morality, morality could also be at risk. So Kant had powerful motives to maintain that one does not know oneself as one is. Yet, according to him, we seem to know at least some things about ourselves, namely, how we must function, and it would be implausible to maintain that one never conscious of on's real self at all. Kant's response to these pressures is ingenious. Image source