Kant argues that space and time are preconditions of experience, rather than something we know empirically. This dovetails with his transcendental idealism, in which there are no unconditioned experiences, and all our experiences are at least partly constructed in order that they can manifest to our minds in the first place. In other words, sense experience must always depend on an intuitive framework which is able to take sensory inputs and construct them into a coherent image allowing us to act on this sense data.
So question: would it be reasonable to go even further than Kant, and argue that Reason - which we'll leave undefined for now - is another precondition of experience?
Reason is what leads us to perceive the meaning/interrelation of objects in the world. Without it, we would not be led to ever intuit that anything in our sense data is necessarily connected or legible.
Here is how Kant argues space is a transcendental pre-condition of sense experience:
"Space is a necessary a priori representation that underlies all outer intuitions. One can never forge a representation of the absence of space, though one can quite well think that no things are to be met within it. It must therefore be regarded as the condition of the possibility of appearances, and not as a determination dependent upon them, and it is an a priori representation that necessarily underlies outer appearances."
Following the structure of the argument, Reason faces a similar chicken-egg problem. Here the problem has to do, I think, with meaning. There are appearances, and that is one thing, but what leads us to even initially presuppose any causal connection that holds between the objects of our appearance? This must require Reason as a "condition of the possibility" of meaning.
This is /lit/ so I know there's only 2 people out there who even care, but what do you think? Where might you go with this line of reasoning?
Reason doesn't really exist and Kant was a filthy universalist.
>One can never forge a representation of the absence of space
This is demonstrably wrong using modern mathematics desu
>>8663217
then animals don't have experiences? this is absurd
Hey /lit/
So I'm making a reading list for me and a friend of mine. The (relatively loose) theme is going to be "around the world". Classics, old books, contemporary ones, nonfiction, biographies, plays, all of it are fair game, really. Both of us are going to be bringing nominations to the table and then making a fairly concise list of about fifteen books to begin reading at the start of next year.
I want to include books that would maybe contribute to being a little more well read. Good/important European literature is really not all that tough to find (suggestions definitely still welcome though), but looking for works from Asia, Africa, and South America that fit the bill is tougher.
So yeah, tl;dr I need some /lit/-approved suggestions for literary works from all different corners of the world. I would appreciate the inclusion of some female authors too.
Thanks in advance guys
From NZ. I don't know if the interplay between politics and the SIGINT network are your thing. If they are, read this. Shit bricks.
Sounds interesting, here's what I can suggest:
China: Journey to the West - Wu Cheng'en
Mongolia - The Secret History of the Mongols - Anonymous
India: Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore
Iraq: Epic of Gilgamesh - Anonymous
Syria: The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades - Usama ibn Munqidh
the greeks
What's a good reading plan for Shakespeare?
Are they any particular editions you recommend?
Is there any prerequisite reading I should do?
Start with "Don't"
>>8663166
This
>>8663188
>>8663166
c'mon, let's see the deep weirdness of y'all's libraries. misprints, limited runs, occult or just plain fucked up.
as far as i can tell, this was written by a norwegian guy. it was not well translated.
it's about a crippled autist who lives in a nursing home. he sits in front of his computer and is leader of a virtual cult, like second life. the cult beliefs are basic new-age gnosticism but the conspiracy driving the plot is laughably bad.
I have a copy of this book. It's accurate research into the big globalist families and their links to powerful organizations, complete with names and charts... Mixed with Christian numerology and off the wall interpretations of Revelations.
I stole it from my ex's mother years ago, and assume it's #rare
I am not in my house atm so i cant take pictures of the book but this
is about some children with the downs trying to invade texas and retake it for mexico
ITT: You write your will and final thoughts before departing this world forever.
your will and final thoughts before departing this world forever.
>>8663028
And then he died, making a joke that wasn't as funny as his life had been.
>>8663034
What a weird observation you made before dying... Who or what was he talking about. And also, what the hell am I on about? *death rattle*
>excusing shitty plot/dialogue by calling it "realistic"
I hope none of you fall for this pleb meme.
>>8662975
If it's bad, it's bad. If it's good, it's good. If it's good and realistic, even better.
>>8664079
>If it's good and realistic, even better.
Why ?... If it's art, it's art.
>>8662975
Well, dialogue in real life is pretty shot. I dare one of you to try to have a conversation with me.
Hi /lit/! I have a research paper thesis due tomorrow on censorship in the media and i need some debatable topics for it. Any ideas? Pic not related.
is your objective to look like a sheep or redpill everyone
So far i have to protect the general public from overly obscene material
>>8662964
i have to argue why it is necessary
I have an actual scholarly question so this thread will probably bomb, but maybe some Germanophile can help.
What are the most scholarly, seriously cited collected editions of these German authors in the original language?
Kleist
Holderlin
Heine
Novalis
I bump your question and raise you a very vaguely related meme.
>>8662986
Are you ever going to fix her proportions? Have the art critique board do a redline or something.
>>8663018
I'm not so easily spooked by realism, my property.
Theory:Haida was an alternate person of Tsukuru, That night when Tsukuru had the dream that he was having sex with Shiro, Kuro, and eventually Haida... Haida (The alternate or second personality of Tsukuru) while up north (visiting family) was actually up north to murder Shiro then to disappear.
Both of these events happened around the exact same time.
>>8662938
cool idea but from what i remember it was just weird dreams.
and not a lot to them
>>8662956
Mate it's Murakami... right after these "weird dreams" Haida disappears forever, there has to be connection between the two. And as even more evidence, Tsukuru saw Haida in the corner of his room as like a dark shadow, when Tsukuru talks with Kuro and gets the story from her, she describes Shrio's death as if a "dark shadow" slipped into her apartment.
No author is going to spend 4 chapters writing about a character for him to have no significance at all in the story...
this would actually lend a bit of sense to some weird tidbits; the swimming right on haida's heel, the record they shared, tsukuru never traveling to his place, the younger slightly more perfect but all the same almost surreal aspect of himself, excelling at all; hmmm
now you've got me thinking about an otherwise unremarkable book, fuck
Don't see one of these so I'd thought I'd make it. What are the best tips that you guys have for learning a language? I'm currently learning Korean and feel that my progress is kinda slow, partly because I've been focusing a lot on grammar and not so much on reading or speaking because reading material is hard to find and there aren't many Korean speakers in the area. You guys got any general tips?
In addition, unrelated, but how long do you guys think it would take to learn to read latin if I study it for 2-3 hours a day? What are the best resources/books for Latin?
>>8662904
What's your mother tongue to start with ?
I'm learning korean too, I had a test today and I failed >:(
>>8663331
I'm Korean American but my parents never taught me the language for some reason.
>>8663339
What's your level in korean ?
I became an avid reader like three months ago and I can't stop. I stopped watching tv and I don't spend much time on 4chan anymore.
Here's how I did it.
-Remember the average person reads like zero books a year. If you read 5 pages a day, you are 5 pages above the average person
-Don't force yourself to read. Commit to read 5 pages a day. I swear after three days you'll feel like reading more and after a month or so you should be reading 50-100 pages a day for pleasure
-Read various books at the same time. When I grab a difficult book or one that makes me sleepy I grab another and switch. This should refresh your head. Keep them thematically different. I read economics and fiction.
-It isn't a race. Reading slowly won't make you sleepy that fast. Try to acknowledge what books are for you to read fast and which aren't.
-Buy the physical copies. When you get the books from your own money you'll feel the need to read them to avoid the feel of wasting your money.
-Start with books highly discussed here so you feel motivated to discuss.
It's really not that bad of advice. But commit, at least for me, isn't the greatest word. Don't commit, do it when you feel. And eventually your ambition will materialize.
sniff sniiff
>>8662892
>this pasta again
This is some Barilla-level ubiquity
hey /lit/,
What are some important things to look out for in this novel in terms of symbolism and allusion?
>>8662846
Look for the flecks of corn in the shit you're going to be reading.
You'll never get the full picture unless you've read and understood The Divine Comedy, The Bible, and have a general understanding of Roman and Greek mythologies.
>>8662846
symbolism of the early tarot reading
https://www.librarything.com/profile/LamontCranston
Hey /lit/ can you recommend some works based on my library? I never know what to read, so end up with science fiction and stuff
>>8662811
If you like Wolfe enough to save his meme go back further through American sci-fi/fantasy/magical-realism/faggotry-for-nerds-who-can't-handle-reality and try the writers who influenced him.
>Jack Vance
Tales of the Dying Earth
>Charles G. Finney
The Circus of Dr. Lao
>James Cabbel
Jurgen
>>8663076
If you bothered to look at the link you'd see that I have read Wolfes influences Vance and Borges, as well as also Umberto Eco who wrote the astonishingly similar Name of the Rose at the same time of BotNS
>>8662811
Vollmann
>>8662808
Yes.
>>8662808
What has he written
>>8662808
Should have gotten the nobel tbqh
Have any of you guys read Ben Shapiro's first venture into fiction ? What does /lit/ think of Ben?
>>8662723
I think you should kill yourself
>>8662723
literally who
>>8662782
This.