No collection of inherently episodic, apprehension-dependent entities can constitute the kind of enduring, non-episodic permanent that Kant's transcendental argument structurally demands.
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Happening only occasionally or in specific moments, rather than being a constant, ongoing feature of something.
Kant(as used in epistemology and metaphysics)
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.
Non-episodic permanent(describing a type of lasting existence)
Something that exists continuously and steadily across time, not just in separate isolated moments.
Structurally demands(describing what Kant's reasoning framework requires to work)
Logically requires or necessitates as part of its fundamental framework; the argument's basic structure depends on this being true.
transcendental argument(Kant's method for establishing a priori knowledge of the categories)
An argument that proceeds by identifying the necessary preconditions for the possibility of experience