Kant space time appearances things in themselves

Kant argued that we know appearances, not things themselves

Immanuel Kant argued that space and time are ways the human mind organizes experience, rather than features we can know belong to reality itself. We can therefore know things as they appear to us, but not things exactly as they exist independently of our experience.

Roman roads carried epidemics as efficiently as they carried goods

The Roman Empire connected distant cities through roads, shipping routes and trade networks. Those links moved soldiers, merchants and supplies, but they also created opportunities for infectious diseases to spread between populations. Epidemics could therefore travel through the same infrastructure that made the empire economically and politically powerful.

British and American sign languages are not mutually intelligible

People in Britain and the United States both speak English, but their major sign languages developed along different historical paths. British Sign Language and American Sign Language have different vocabulary and grammar, so knowing one does not automatically let someone understand the other. Sign languages are independent natural languages, not spoken English translated into gestures.

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Kant space time appearances things in themselves

Kant argued that we know appearances, not things themselves

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