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The way we group and form them is specific to us humans, and maybe certain tin men, scarecrows and at least one talkative lion, Kant believes; it is not the case that bugs, bats, or flying monkeys see the world of objects as we do. ” Reason is the ghost in the machine of our mind. Our inner world is constituted with objects and people and places, and this constitution is made possible through reason, by which we act on the objects that our understanding has categorized and schematized from the raw sensations that we constantly encounter.
Who’s Them? ” “If the Wizard Is a Wizard Who Will Serve, then I’m Sure to Get a Brain, a … “Because, Because, Because, Because, Because—Because of the Wonderful Things He Does” A Dualist? A Stoic? ” III - I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore Chapter 8 - “I’m Melting! ” Growing a Character (Just Don’t Add Water) Fairytales, Dreams, and Other Worlds It’s Just Your Imagination The Dream Scheme Once upon a Time Possible Ozzes In Munchkinland Where Is Oz? A Good Place to Visit, but Don’t Drink the Water Dissent in the Lollipop Guild The Loneliest Witch Chapter 9 - Off to See the Wizard: The Romantic Eschatology of The Wizard of Oz All’s Well that Ends Well Romantic Eschatology It Doesn’t Take a Hero Unconscious Unity: Kansas and the “Ungrund” Alienation: The Tornado and Falling Up to Oz If I Only Had a Mind If I Only Had a Cardiopulmonary Muscle Alienation: Wandering in the Woods Conscious Unity: “There’s No Place Like Home” Chapter 10 - The Wonderful Smallness of Evil in Oz Gonna Sweep That Evil Right Out the Door Wicked Witches, Deadly Poppies, and Fighting Trees Wickedness and Woe Who Needs Magic when You Got Virtue?
This description may make Kant sound like some elite ruler who belongs in the sky, not in Kansas or Oz. Let me give you some personal history and get you up to speed philosophically and see if you don’t come around to believing he’s a mighty fine Munchkin. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that when I was a college lad, I saw Kant with the same wide-eyed wonder of my annual amazement at The Wizard of Oz. By now, you’re rolling your eyes. Only an egghead could possibly be enamored with some philosopher, right?