How is pure Mathematics possible, Kant questions. He states that "all
concepts can be exhibited or constructed" (para. 2). Through our senses
we try to form pure intuitions of objects. We learn from our senses
about objects, such as a glove. Kant uses this example of a glove by
describing how a left hand glove will not fit on a right hand.
"Our sense representation is not a representation of things in themselves
but of the way in which they appear to us". Kant is saying that we all
view things differently and therefore what he sees in an object,
someone else may see something different. All objects in some way or
form connect with geometry with space and time. The apperance of an
object depends on ones senses. The more one uses his or her senses the
more experience he or she has with objects.
Kant's belief in mathematics being pure is different with every person. It is how we
each perceive or view objects and the world within space and time.
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