Explain Why Kant Believes That Space Is A Priori Intuition

According to Immanuel Kant, space is an a priori intuition. He backs up his claim with four reasons why he believes that it is an a prirori intuition. Each reason he states a transcendental and metaphysical concept to showcase that space is an a priori intuition. The first reason why Kant believed that space is an a priori intuition is because space is not known through empirical abstraction. In other words, space is not a concept that results from experience, in which Kant refers to as “outward experiences” (Kant B38). The reason why Kant believes that the concept of space cannot derive from experience is because in order to experience something external, it must already exist in foundation (Kant B38). There also must be experience of the world in order for the experience to take place. As a result, space cannot derived from relations of external phenomena though experience (Kant B38). In fact Kant believes that anything that is considered to be a representation of something must exist in space. …show more content…
According to Kant, space is a necessary for representation of our world. As a result, it is one of the basis for all external intuitions. Kant also believes that space being a necessity is another reason why space is a priori. In other words, we know about space a priori because space is a necessity for all other cognitions. In addition, certain notions relating to space can be conceived through intuition. Kant pointed to the fact that our minds have the ability to figure out which scenarios relating to space can be conceivable or inconceivable. He believed that space is an a priori intuition because space without objects is conceivable, but outer objects without space is not conceivable, because our minds can understand that outer objects cannot exist without