Immanuel Kant's Influence On The Perception Of Reality

Everyone on the planet does not experience the same things. They come from different countries, racial and ethnic groups, socio-economic statuses, environments, and many other factors that influence how a person is raised and grows throughout life. Therefore, everyone perceives reality in different ways. Our beliefs and expectations about reality the world can also influence how we experience reality. According to Psychology Today, there are many things that people do that distort reality. For example, the way that people focus their attention can alter their perceptions. When a person has a belief they often only look for evidence that supports their belief and disregard evidence that contradicts their belief. This is called conformation bias. People see things as they want to see them, even if there is evidence to discredit their beliefs. One way for a person to avoid conformation bias is to examine evidence that does not support their belief instead of just ignoring it. This can make a person view the world around them more objectively. Another thing that people do that distorts their reality is that they reconstruct their memories. People often cannot fully remember their memories. These

Noumena are the things themselves, which compose reality. Kant argues that objects conform to the mind rather than the mind conforms to objects. The fundamental laws of nature, “are knowable precisely because they make no effort to describe the world as it really is but rather prescribe the structure of the world as we experience it” (“Kant: Experience and Reality”). This was a breakthrough in the field of epistemology. We can understand the view of the phenomenal realm by applying intuition and understanding. However, it is challenging to fully understand the noumenal realm because human knowledge is fundamentally limited in its ability to understand external