Kant's philosophy - How are (logical) synthetic judgments a priori possible?

It is the central question of the Critique of Pure Reason: How (logical) synthetic judgments a priori are possible: Judgments which expand our knowledge, but still aren’t based on experience. Kant’s answer is: Only analytical judgments are discursive, that is judgments of mere conceptual thinking. All synthetic judgments need a viewing (intuition), in which they connect concept and through which they expand knowledge. But man only has a sensual, that is a receptive viewing according to Kant, no intellectual viewing which would self-actively create its objects. That means synthetic judgments a priori are possible – but only immanent ones about objects of experience (phenomena), they can never be transcendent and about things in itself (noumena). Quote: 0:08 Introduction: 1:34 The faculty of representation: 4:24 Viewing and thinking: 11:31 Digression: Spirit and letter in philosophy: 31:40 Synthetic judgments always needs viewing: 41:50 Synthetic judgments a priori are only possible when they concern appearances: 54:00 Thanks: 1:05:38 The topic of this and the following lectures is discussed most thoroughly and completely in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4280/4280-h/4280-h.htm But there it probably also is explained in the most difficult fashion. Therefore a beginner may first turn to the Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics that will be able to present itself as a Science: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/52821/pg52821-images.html, wherein Kant tried to explain the main thoughts of the former work as a way of introduction. On top of that I also recommend reading his lectures on metaphysics: https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0028kant/mode/2up | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0028kant_d7g2/mode/2up (I could not find any free English versions online), which may contain many scholastic topics and deal a lot with the academic metaphysics of that time, but especially their general and introductory parts are often easier to understand than the Critique of Pure Reason. Whoever wants to support my aufkläring work can do so via:https://ko-fi.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.patreon.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VDDT7T7XHR77UThumbnail: www.hotpot.ai