Author(s)

Lin Tian ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China

Corresponding Author

Lin Tian

ABSTRACT

This paper compares Kantian epistemology with "seven arguments and eight ways of return" in the Shurangama Sutra, and understands Kant's explanation of "how human perceives the world". The mind can be understood as Kant's reason. "Seeking the existence of the mind from seven arguments" corresponds to the problem of the location of reason in Kantian epistemology. There is always a distance between human cognition and thing-in-itself, and this is where traces of the mind (reason) are found. "Discerning the mind in eight ways of return" corresponds to the boundary and freedom of reason in Kantian epistemology. We can touch the boundary of reason to perceive thing-in-itself through phenomena. The mind (reason) lies between freedom and unfreedom, which is not itself conditioned by cause and effect, but is conditioned by its results. From the above, Kant constructed freedom and morality based on reason, and demands that people should know the world rationally, freely, and morally.

KEYWORDS

Kantian Epistemology; Mind; Reason; Freedom; Morality

CITE THIS PAPER

Lin Tian, The Way of Perceiving the World for Human: Understanding Kantian Epistemology from the Perspective of Ananda's Debate. Philosophy Journal (2024) Vol. 3: 12-18. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phij.2024.030203.

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