Immanuel Kant's Influence On The Perception Of Reality

Everyone on the planet does not experience the same things. They come from different countries, racial and ethnic groups, socio-economic statuses, environments, and many other factors that influence how a person is raised and grows throughout life. Therefore, everyone perceives reality in different ways. Our beliefs and expectations about reality the world can also influence how we experience reality. According to Psychology Today, there are many things that people do that distort reality. For example, the way that people focus their attention can alter their perceptions. When a person has a belief they often only look for evidence that supports their belief and disregard evidence that contradicts their belief. This is called conformation bias. People see things as they want to see them, even if there is evidence to discredit their beliefs. One way for a person to avoid conformation bias is to examine evidence that does not support their belief instead of just ignoring it. This can make a person view the world around them more objectively. Another thing that people do that distorts their reality is that they reconstruct their memories. People often cannot fully remember their memories. These

gaps in their memories are usually filled with things that did not happen. Situations and interactions that occur after the memory influence how a gap is filled. Since some of our memories might not actually be valid, this could change how we perceive the world. Our beliefs and expectations influence how we perceive reality.
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According to philosopher Immanuel Kant, the appearances, which compose our experience, are called phenomena.

Noumena are the things themselves, which compose reality. Kant argues that objects conform to the mind rather than the mind conforms to objects. The fundamental laws of nature, “are knowable precisely because they make no effort to describe the world as it really is but rather prescribe the structure of the world as we experience it” (“Kant: Experience and Reality”). This was a breakthrough in the field of epistemology. We can understand the view of the phenomenal realm by applying intuition and understanding. However, it is challenging to fully understand the noumenal realm because human knowledge is fundamentally limited in its ability to understand external

reality.
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Epistemic foundationalism is defined as a view about the correct formation of one’s knowledge or justified beliefs. This view wonders if every belief just be justified by other beliefs and what is the correct way to correctly justify beliefs. Foundationalism tries to address the question of what is the proper structure of one’s knowledge or justified beliefs. Does a belief need to be justified? Foundationalists argue that some beliefs are basic beliefs that serve as foundations for other beliefs. Other beliefs receive their justification from the support of the fundamental beliefs. Ultimately, foundationalism attempts to create a proper structure of one’s knowledge.