Hey there
I am doing an essay on Kant. Now this is my third year and I am gunning for 1st’s across the board but Kant is causing me much headaches. I have two essays of his to do for the year so I want to get them done and off my chest asap. I am much into Existentialism and find metaphysics extremely dry and abstract (obviously ). My main problem is that the concepts unlike Ex. do not seem at all relevant so I have trouble grasping them when they arent either directly or indirectly applicable to some area of my life.
The essay question is DOES KANT SHOW THAT SPACE AND TIME ARE A PRIORI INTUITIONS?
So far I have been reading and reading for 6 hours a day and merely rewriting what the secondary texts say about it. I still feel I am far away from having a ‘grasp’ on the situation and as such I will barely be scraping 40% at present. Since I have read all the books in my library and non have given me a handle on the situation I have come to a standstill as to how I am to get my head around it and decided to post a plea for aid! I have written many emails and drafts to my tutor which helps a little but it too hasent given me a further handle on the situation.
If someone with MSN and a handle on Kants Transcendental Aesthetic would be kind enough to spare some time to go through it with me I would be very grateful. Or any other means of communicadoe they may wish. I feel that to and froing over the forum may prove a little slow as I want this thing done within the week and feel the waiting on replies may prove a little sluggish. I only need to get a fundamental grapple on what is really going on so that all the terminology (convoluted jargon) becomes clear to me. I am finding it rather frustrating as usually I have my head around things by now and Kant is proving a most elusive foe!
Thanks alot
Jake.