Kant on the theory of cognitive God said what?

Philosophy and Culture 31 (2):77-90 (2004)
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According to the traditional interpretation of Kant's philosophy in its theoretical, that is, in his "Critique of Pure Reason" that we can not prove the existence of God. This view is incorrect. Indeed, Kant denied that we have a theoretical knowledge of God, because of Kant, the "knowledge" always implies more than just know that there are certain things more. When we have something of theoretical knowledge, we can describe it, and can point out that with our knowledge of other object relations. But the only tool used to describe something is the scope of our theoretical understanding of the unique network of relationships is the field of physics. Both are restricted to be close to the object of experience, so can not give us the knowledge of God. But this will not cause we do not know the existence of God. Moreover, the doctrine of Kant's transcendental ideal, there is no pre-existence of God can not distinguish between God and the world. On a priori concepts, Kant admit that I knew that I exist, not just a phenomenon of perception, the world's existence has never been doubted. Therefore, a priori there is no need to put the concept of knowledge beyond our reach. In his argument for the existence of God at the end of criticism, Kant clearly recognized the existence of God. We know that he exists, but the nature of His attributes and we can not say anything. This result also by Kant in his "Introduction to the future of metaphysics," the statement confirmed.

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