Editing Thing-in-itself (section)

==Kantian philosophy==

In his doctrine of [[transcendental idealism]], Kant argued the sum of all objects, the empirical world, is a complex of appearances whose existence and connection occur only in our representations.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics|last=Kant|first=Immanuel|at=§ 52c|translator-last=Paul Carus}}</ref> Kant introduces the thing-in-itself as follows:

{{Blockquote|And we indeed, rightly considering objects of sense as mere appearances, confess thereby that they are based upon a thing in itself, though we know not this thing as it is in itself, but only know its appearances, viz., the way in which our senses are affected by this unknown something. |Prolegomena|§ 32}}