Kant's philosophy - The table of categories fully explained

In the table of categories, which Kant deduces from the table of judgments and presents in the Critique of Pure Reason, there ar elisted the twelve pure intellectual concepts, which determine all our thinking. It is at the core of Kant's philosophy. Not only do the categories play a crucial role in his epistemology, since according to him they are conditions of the possibility of experience, i. e. all our experience, which always is an act of connecting and synthesizing into a system the sensual perceptions through the intellect, is happening according to the categories. Rather they also are the framework of the architectonic of Kant's system and can be found again and again in all parts of his philosophy. Without understanding them, Kant's system can not be grasped. Therefore the meaning of each of the twelve categories shall get explained here. Quote: 0:08 The significance of the table of categories: 00:48 The table of categories: 5:06 The two classes of categories: 5:46 I) Mathematical categories: 10:00 1) Quantity: 10:12 2) Quality: 24:06 - The thing in itself must be thought according to the category of limitation: 51:07 II) Dynamical categories: 58:12 3) Relation: 58:34 - Substance and accident: 1:00:29 - Causality: 1:41:36 - Community: 1:44:35 4) Modality: 2:20:24 The difference between the mathematical and dynamical categories: 2:40:47 The connection of things expressed by the categories is thought, not perceived: 2:46:41 Thanks: 2:58:21 The table of categories according to Kant: https://jonathanivoloewer.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/table-of-categories-according-to-Kant.jpg The table of categories can be found in the §s 10.-12. of the Critique of Pure Reason: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4280/4280-h/4280-h.htm, the categories also get talked about in Kant's lectures on metaphysics: https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0028kant/mode/2up | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0028kant_d7g2/mode/2up (I could not find free English translations online.) Whoever wants to support my aufkläring work can do so via: https://ko-fi.com/jonathanivoloewer https://www.patreon.com/jonathanivoloewer https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VDDT7T7XHR77U Thumbnail: www.hotpot.ai