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David Hume and the Bundle Theory of Immanuel Kant and the Intelligence in
Self man
To see is to believe. David Hume, Thinking of the self as mere of combination
as an empiricist, believes that one of
can know only what comes from impressions was problematic for Immanuel
the senses and experiences. Kant.
Hume is skeptical about the Kant thinks that the things that a man
existence of the self, specifically, perceives
on whether there is a simple, around them are not just randomly infused
unified self that exists over time. into
For him, man has no “clear and human person without an organization
intelligible’ idea of the self. principle that
Hume argues that the self is regulates the relationship of all these
nothing; it is not an entity over and beyond impressions.
the physical body. To David Hume, the self For Kant, there is necessarily a mind that
is nothing organizes
but a bundle of impressions. Impressions are the impressions that men get from the
the basic object of our experience or external
sensation. They, world. Time and space, for example, are
ideas that
once cannot find in the world but built in our generally, who we are a person. Para kay
minds. Ryle, mas maiintindihan ang pagkatao ng
Kant calls these “apparatus” of the mind. isang individual kung mga nangyayari
Along with the apparatus of the mind goes sakanya ay nakikita ng mga mata, naririning
the self. ng mga tenga at nararamdaman ng balat.
Without the self, one cannot organize the
different
impressions that one gets in relation to his
own existence. Kant therefore suggests that
the “self” is
an actively engaged intelligence in man that
synthesizes all knowledge and experience.
Thus, the
self is not just what gives one his
personality. It is also the seat of knowledge
acquisition for all
human persons. Sa madaling sabi, ayon kay
Kant, ang kakayanan ng isang indibidwal na
pag isip ay
siyang nagaayos sa kung anong natutunan
nito sa kapaligiran