From this it follows that the objects of experience are mere "appearances", and that the nature of things as they are in themselves is unknowable to us. ![]() In his doctrine of transcendental idealism, Kant argued that space and time are mere "forms of intuition" which structure all experience, and therefore that, while " things-in-themselves" exist and contribute to experience, they are nonetheless distinct from the objects of experience. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential figures in modern Western philosophy. ![]() Immanuel Kant ( UK: / k æ n t/, US: / k ɑː n t/, German: 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.
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