THE THEOCENTRIC MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE

[apperception]

Or: Why Jesus Died for the MaterialistsThe transcendental realist believes we have knowledge of things as they are in themselves. He evaluates and analyzes human knowledge in terms of its conformity with the standard of cognition theoretically achievable by an "infinite" or "absolute" intellect that has a "God's-eye-view" on things. Therefore,

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[derspassvogel]

"The transcendental realist believes we have knowledge of things as they are in themselves."

See, this is the mislocation of your either\or from your last post.

It is also possible to hold that we potentially have knowledge of objects independent of subjective a priori conditions of sensibility but that not everyone does have such knowledge.

[apperception]

If there are a priori subjective conditions of sensibility, then it is analytically true that every human being has them, and therefore it is analytically true that no human being has knowledge of objects independently of them.

[unnamed525]

Knowledge analytically requires sensibility only if all knowledge is through the senses.

[apperception]

I have no idea.

What does this have to do with what I just wrote and what I was responding to?

[unnamed525]

If there are a priori subjective conditions of sensibility, then it is analytically true that every human being has them, and therefore it is analytically true that no human being has knowledge of objects independently of them.

The first two clauses of that statement (which is yours) are fine, but the third follows from the second only if all knowledge requires sensibility. If there is a type of purely rational knowledge that doesn't require sensation, then there exists a type of knowledge that is not subject to the a priori conditions of sensibility.

[apperception]

That's correct. It should have said, "If there are a priori subjective conditions of sensibility, then it is analytically true that every human being has them, and therefore it is analytically true that no human being has sensation of objects independently of them."