Anticipations of Perception
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Anticipations of Perception is a key section in Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason that sets out a priori principles governing how the intensive magnitudes of sensations are possible in experience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anticipations of Perception canonical | 3 |
| Antizipationen der Wahrnehmung | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anticipations of Perception Context triple: [Analytic of Principles, contains, Anticipations of Perception]
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A.
The Connection of the Senses
The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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B.
The Sense of Sight
"The Sense of Sight" is a Baroque genre painting by Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts, depicting figures engaged in activities that emphasize and allegorize the human sense of vision.
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C.
Several Perceptions
Several Perceptions is a surreal, experimental novel by Angela Carter that explores identity, madness, and social alienation in 1960s London.
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D.
On the Senses
On the Senses is an ancient philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the nature and functioning of human perception and the five senses.
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E.
The Reliability of Sense Perception
The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anticipations of Perception Target entity description: Anticipations of Perception is a key section in Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason that sets out a priori principles governing how the intensive magnitudes of sensations are possible in experience.
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A.
The Connection of the Senses
The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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B.
The Sense of Sight
"The Sense of Sight" is a Baroque genre painting by Flemish artist Theodoor Rombouts, depicting figures engaged in activities that emphasize and allegorize the human sense of vision.
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C.
Several Perceptions
Several Perceptions is a surreal, experimental novel by Angela Carter that explores identity, madness, and social alienation in 1960s London.
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D.
On the Senses
On the Senses is an ancient philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the nature and functioning of human perception and the five senses.
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E.
The Reliability of Sense Perception
The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
a priori principle
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section of a philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
securing the objective validity of judgments about degrees of reality in experience
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showing how the manifold of sensation is subject to a priori rules ⓘ |
| asserts |
every sensation has a degree that can diminish to zero
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intensive magnitudes are not composed of parts but of degrees ⓘ the possibility of experience presupposes a continuous scale of possible sensation ⓘ |
| author | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| clarifies |
how sensation can be subject to a priori rules
ⓘ
the distinction between extensive and intensive magnitude ⓘ |
| concerns |
a priori principles of sensibility
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conditions of possible experience ⓘ degree of sensation ⓘ empirical intuition ⓘ intensive magnitude ⓘ matter of sensation ⓘ phenomenal appearance ⓘ time ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
extensive magnitude
ⓘ
intensive magnitude ⓘ |
| epistemicRole | grounds the possibility of empirical knowledge of degrees of reality ⓘ |
| follows | Axioms of Intuition ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalStatus | synthetic a priori principle ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalDomain |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ theory of perception ⓘ |
| influences |
neo-Kantian philosophy of science
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subsequent theories of continuity ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Analytic of Principles
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Transcendental Analytic ⓘ |
| mainThesis |
all appearances contain a degree of sensation that can be determined only in time
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between reality and negation there is a continuous transition of possible degrees ⓘ the real in appearance has intensive magnitude ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Antizipationen der Wahrnehmung
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linked to:
Anticipations of Perception
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| partOf | Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ |
| precedes | Analogies of Experience ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
continuity of appearances
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intensity of qualities ⓘ phenomenal realism ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
categories of quality
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limitation ⓘ negation ⓘ reality ⓘ |
| revisedIn | 1787 second edition of Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ |
| workDate | 1781 ⓘ |
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linked to: Anticipations of Perception