"..the ideas of reason, unlike the categories, are of no service to the use of our understanding in experience." Kant still believes that the ideas of reason are necessary though. He continues to say that if the soul is or is not a substance is no "consequence to us in the explanation of its phenomena." It struck me how Kant uses the word phenomena here. Looking up the definition of phenomena.. it says its something that is impressive or extraordinary.
I did some more research and I found something in which I think it might have to do with.. Kantianism which is under the definition of phenomena.. a thing as it might appears to and is constructed by the mind, as distinguish from a noumenon, or thing-in-itself." I found that to be very interesting how philosophy had its own section in the definition.
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This is kind of confusing to understand because like you said the word- phenomena we are used to knowing one definition but to Kant there can be a different way to see the word. But after you put his definiton into the word it is somewhat easier to know what is going on.
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